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The newest trade is prone to enhance considerations the close to each day buying and selling of fireplace between the 2 sides might escalate at the same time as US officers mentioned talks over a cease-fire in Gaza are nearing the ultimate levels. (Consultant picture). Picture: Bloomberg
By Omar Tamo
Hezbollah mentioned it launched a salvo of rockets at northern Israel following one of many deadliest strikes on Lebanon since each side started buying and selling hearth greater than 10 months in the past.
The Saturday barrage on Israel’s Higher Galilee got here after the Israel Protection Forces mentioned it struck a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in Nabatieh in a single day, together with different Hezbollah constructions in south Lebanon. Ten Syrian nationals have been killed and 5 others have been injured, together with two in essential situation, in response to Lebanon’s Well being Ministry.
The Israeli army recognized about 55 projectiles crossing from Lebanon, a few of which fell in open areas. No accidents have been reported, whereas a number of fires have been ignited and authorities are working to extinguish them. A projectile fired earlier Saturday injured two troopers.
A commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan power was killed within the IDF’s assault on south Lebanon, the army mentioned in a publish on X.
The newest trade is prone to enhance considerations the close to each day buying and selling of fireplace between the 2 sides might escalate at the same time as US officers mentioned talks over a cease-fire in Gaza are nearing the ultimate levels.
Tensions have soared in current weeks after Israel blamed Hezbollah for an assault that killed 12 youngsters at a soccer discipline within the Golan Heights. Israel retaliated by putting and killing a senior commander of the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon’s capital of Beirut. Hezbollah — designated a terrorist group by the US — mentioned the loss of life of the commander, Fuad Shukr, crossed a pink line and it threatened to reply fiercely.
One of the crucial highly effective militias within the Center East, Hezbollah has been firing on Israel for the reason that Israel-Hamas battle erupted in October. The Lebanese-based group has mentioned it’s performing in solidarity with Palestinians and Hamas, and can cease as soon as there’s a cease-fire in Gaza.
Later Saturday, Lebanon’s state-run Electricite Du Liban warned of a “complete blackout” after it ran out of fuel oil amid the continuing battle. The final remaining manufacturing unit of the Zahrani energy plant was “forcibly shut down,” affecting the nation’s airport, ports, water pumps, sewage programs and prisons, state-run Nationwide Information Company reported.
First Printed: Aug 17 2024 | 11:36 PM IST
