Israel beaten Laban On Saturday, in retaliation for rockets addressed to Israel, killing two, including a child, in the heaviest exchange of the fire from the cessation of fire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Previously, the rockets were fired from Lebanon in Israel, for the second time since December, caused the concern if the cessation of fragile fire would remain. In a statement on Saturday, Hezbollah denied being responsible for the attack, saying he committed to the truce and accused Israel of blaming -the strikes as a pretext for more attacks.
Israel had said he would « seriously » respond to the Saturday attack at the beginning of Lebanon when the rockets were fired in northern Israel. Israel’s army said that the intercepted rockets went to the Israeli city of Metula.
The Ministry of Health of Lebanon said on Saturday that the strike in the southern town of Touline also injured eight more.
Hezbollah began launching rockets, drones and missiles in Israel the day after Hamas on October 7, Gaza’s attack lit the conflict there. The Israel-Hezbollah conflict became a total conflict in September, as Israel carried out massive waves of air attacks and killed most of the leading leaders of the militant group. The fighting killed more than 4,000 people in Lebanon and displaced about 60,000 Israelis.
Under the cessation of fire achieved in November, the Israeli forces retired from all Lebanese territory at the end of January. The deadline was extended to February 18 by agreement between Lebanon and Israel.
But since then, Israel has been in five localities in Lebanon, in front of the Northern Communities of Israel, and has made dozens of air attacks in the south and eastern Lebanon, saying that he attacked Hezbollah, while the continuous directed drone attacks that have so far killed several members of the militant group.
Lebanon has appealed to the UN to pressure Israel to remove it completely from the country.
Israel’s Prime Minister’s office said on Saturday that he ordered the army to act strongly against dozens of goals in Lebanon, adding: « Israel will not allow any harm to its citizens and sovereignty. » The Israeli army said on Saturday he was on the goals of Hezbollah’s goals in southern Lebanon, and hit dozens of group rocket launchers and a command center where Hezbollah operated.
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A Hezbollah official told The Associated Press on Saturday that he was not responsible for the attack, calling it « primitive », speaking anonymously as they are not authorized to talk to the media.
In a statement, Lebanon Prime Minister Nawaf Salam asked the Lebanese army to take all the necessary measures in the south, but said that the country did not want to return to the conflict.
The provisional force of the United Nations in Lebanon, known as the Unifil, said that it was alarmed with the possible escalation of violence and urged all parts to prevent the advances made from being jeopardized, saying that a climb could have serious consequences for the region.
Airstrikes Israeli Pound Gaza
The strikes arrive a day after Israel said that he would perform operations in Gaza « with increasing intensity » until Hamas releases the 59 hostages he has, 24 of which they believe are alive. On Friday night, Israeli strikes killed at least nine people, including three children, in a house in the city of Gaza, according to Al-Ahly Hospital, who received the bodies.
The military of Israel said that their forces on Friday planned new aggressions in three neighborhoods in the west of the city of Gaza and issued warnings on social media for Palestinians to evacuate areas.
On Friday, Israel exploded the only specialized cancer hospital in the territory started by conflicts. The Israeli army said he struck the Turk-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, accusing Hamas militants to operate on the site. Turkey, who helped build and fund the hospital, said that Israeli troops were used as a base.
About 600 Palestinians have been killed since Israel re -launched the conflict earlier this week. Israel had already cut off the supply of food, fuel and humanitarian aid to the approximately 2 million Palestinians of Gaza, with the aim of pressing Hamas for the negotiations of the cessation of fire.
The international community has condemned repressed attacks. In a statement on Friday, the Foreign Ministers of the United Kingdom, France and Germany called the Israeli strikes in Gaza a dramatic step back. « We are daring to the civilian victims and urgently ask for a immediate return to a cessation of fire, » they said in a joint statement.
The attack by militants led by Hamas in 2023 killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages. Most hostages have been released in cessation agreements or other offers. The Israeli forces rescued eight living hostages and recovered the bodies of dozens more.
Israel’s retaliation offensive has killed more than 49,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. He does not say how many militants, but he says that more than half of the dead were women and children. Israel says he has killed around 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.
Shurafa reported Deir al-Balah, Gaza. The writers of Associated Press Sam Medick in Tel Aviv, Israel, Samy Magdy in Cairo and Kirsten Grieshaber in Berlin contributed to this report.
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