Middle East|The Israeli army has claimed to have destroyed “Hezbollah’s headquarters, weapons depots and rocket launchers” in Lebanon, reports the British newspaper The Guardian, among others.
An extremist organization Hezbollah said it had repelled the incursion of Israeli forces into southern Lebanon on Wednesday, reports the news agency AFP, among other things.
According to Hezbollah, it and Israeli forces clashed in the area of the village of Marou el-Ras. Maroun el-Rasi is located about one kilometer from the Israeli village of Avivim. Hezbollah said it also fired rockets at the village of Avivim on Wednesday.
The Israeli army confirmed on Wednesday that eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in the fighting in Lebanon. In addition, at least seven soldiers have been seriously wounded. These are reportedly the first Israeli military casualties since it said it had launched a ground operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli army has claimed to have destroyed “Hezbollah’s headquarters, weapons depots and rocket launchers” in Lebanon, according to a British newspaper, among other things The Guardian.
The now-reported fighting in southern Lebanon broke out just hours after Iran, Hezbollah’s backer, fired up to 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Iran will have to answer for its “big mistake”.
Wednesday morning The Iranian military warned Israel’s backers against intervening militarily in the situation. Israel is supported, among others, by the United States, whose aircraft carriers are in the Mediterranean to protect the country.
President of France Emmanuel Macron stated in his statement on Wednesday that France is “mobilizing military resources in the Middle East” so that Israel could repel an Iranian missile strike, according to, among other things, a US newspaper The New York Times. However, Macron did not say in more detail what kind of aid France is giving.
The destruction of the Iranian missile strike on Tuesday in Israel.
The destruction of Israel’s attack in Lebanon.
Many countries have condemned Iran’s missile attack on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Secretary General of the UN António Guterres commented on Iran’s attack on Israel for the second time. He told the UN Security Council that “the cycle of violence that kills and pays back in the same measure must end,” reports the Reuters news agency.
“Time is running out,” he told the council, according to Reuters.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israel declared Guterres persona non grata. Israeli Foreign Minister by Israel Katz according to anyone who does not unequivocally condemn the Iranian missile strike, has no business with Israel.
On Tuesday, Guterres condemned the “expansion of the conflict in the Middle East”.
“This has to stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire,” Guterres said, according to Reuters.
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