Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed on Saturday that his country would respond in a “painful” manner to any attack by the US and Israel, while the latter announced that it had kidnapped a “high-ranking” Lebanese Hezbollah official in a special forces operation.
The Israeli army continues its wars against Hezbollah in Lebanon and against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In the northern part of the Palestinian enclave, the situation resembles the “Apocalypse”, after a year of war and almost a month after the start of new intensive ground operations.
With the November 5 US presidential election just around the corner and despite international pressure, efforts to end the hostilities remain futile.
Israel has vowed to destroy Hezbollah and launched devastating large-scale military operations in the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian Islamist movement’s unprecedented raid on southern sectors of its territory on October 7, 2023. It also says it wants to neutralize Hezbollah on its northern border. , more than a year after the Lebanese movement opened a front with Israel to support Hamas, its ally, on October 8, 2023.
US sends B-52s to the Middle East
Against this explosive backdrop, the US announced the day before Friday the imminent deployment of additional military assets to the Middle East, including anti-ballistic missile systems, fighters, aerial refueling aircraft and bombers, “in the coming months”, for the “defense of Israel” and as a warning to Tehran.
Already yesterday B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers arrived in the area, the US military announced last night.
“The enemies, both the USA and the Zionist regime (including Israel) must know that they will surely suffer painful retribution for their actions against Iran and the resistance front,” Ali Khamenei, the whose country has been involved in recent months in a cycle of attacks and reprisals with Israel.
On October 26, the Israeli air force targeted military installations in Iran in retaliation for the firing of some 200 Iranian missiles at Israeli territory on October 1.
Israeli special forces operation near Beirut
An Israeli officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said special forces had “arrested a high-ranking Hezbollah official” in an unprecedented operation in Batroun, north of Beirut.
A military source in Lebanon spoke of the abduction of a “civilian”.
The man — whose name was not released by either side — is “an expert in his field,” according to the Israeli officer.
At the same time, the Israeli army continued bombing Lebanon, including one in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah, which resulted in the death of at least one person, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
The Lebanese Shiite movement, for its part, announced that it launched a barrage of rockets against targets in northern Israel and a military base near Tel Aviv.
At least 19 people were injured in Tira (central) when a projectile hit a property, Israeli authorities said yesterday, saying they had intercepted rockets.
Since September 23rd, the Israeli air force has been launching massive bombardments against Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, and since September 30th, they have been conducting ground operations in the southern part of the country. Israel says it wants the Shiite movement in the border areas to be neutralized to stop its rocket and drone attacks and to allow the return of some 60,000 citizens of its northern part.
At least 1,930 people have been killed in Lebanon since September 23, according to an AFP count based on official data.
The Israeli army announced last Saturday night that around 900 “terrorists” from Hamas and other Palestinian armed movements were killed during its air and ground operations in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, which it has been conducting since the beginning of October.
According to the same source, 700 Palestinians were arrested, of which 300 were found to be members of terrorist organizations.
Two Israeli soldiers were killed, according to the Israeli military, which was moving reinforcements there from other areas of the Palestinian enclave, where war has been ongoing for more than a year.
The situation in Jabalia is catastrophic, according to testimonies. Tens of thousands of civilians have been evacuated from the area, where it is almost impossible to get food and drinking water.
Palestinian sources complain that too many civilians have been killed in Israeli operations.
The German Agency notes that it is unable to independently verify the accounts given by the two sides.
Israel says it killed 900 “terrorists” in Jabalia
The Israeli army announced last Saturday night that around 900 “terrorists” from Hamas and other Palestinian armed movements were killed during its air and ground operations in Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, which it has been conducting since the beginning of October.
According to the same source, 700 Palestinians were arrested, of which 300 were found to be members of terrorist organizations.
Two Israeli soldiers were killed, according to the Israeli military, which was moving reinforcements there from other areas of the Palestinian enclave, where war has been ongoing for more than a year.
The situation in Jabalia is catastrophic, according to testimonies. Tens of thousands of civilians have been evacuated from the area, where it is almost impossible to get food and drinking water.
Palestinian sources complain that too many civilians have been killed in Israeli operations.
The German Agency notes that it is unable to independently verify the accounts given by the two sides.
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