Rockets coming from southern Lebanon. The air attack on Safieddine. Explosions in Beirut. Advice from the US presidential candidate
The Israeli army confronts Hezbollah on the border with Lebanon. “The soldiers of the Israeli enemy have again attempted to advance towards the outskirts of the village of Odaisseh,” Hezbollah said, “the clashes continue.” The Lebanese movement said it hit Israeli troops with rockets in the Yarun region of southern Lebanon and at two points on the border. Israel instead announced that it had targeted Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters in Beirut. The airstrike, part of an invasion that has forced more than 1.2 million Lebanese to abandon their homes, targeted Hachem Safieddine, potential successor to Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, killed by Israel a week ago .
The explosions
On Saturday evening, explosions were heard in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, he wrote. Reuters. The Israeli army ordered civilians to evacuate. The first alert concerned the residents of a building in the Burjal-Barajneh district and the second, a building in the Choueifat district. The third alert targeted certain buildings in Haret-Hreik and Burj al-Barajneh. Israel says it has targeted its military capabilities and taken steps to mitigate the risk of harm to civilians. He accuses Hezbollah and Hamas of hiding among civilians. The Israeli military also said that around 70 missiles were fired Friday evening from Lebanon towards Israeli territory and were intercepted or fell in open terrain.
The Irish and the UN
In recent days, the Israeli military has asked UNIFIL to withdraw peacekeepers from an outpost along the Blue Line on the Israel-Lebanon border. But the UN said no. The Irish Time reported on it: it is the 6-52 outpost held by a single Irish platoon. The head of U.N. peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, said in a statement cited by AP that peacekeeping forces would remain in their positions, despite Israel's request. The UN force is “the only channel of communication between the parties. And it also works with partners to do everything possible to protect the population. » The area is the scene of intense fighting between the IDF and Hezbollah: some clashes, underlines the Irish Times, took place less than 2 km from the Irish outpost.
Trump's advice
Meanwhile, Donald Trump, at a rally in North Carolina, suggested that Israel should strike Iranian nuclear sites. “The answer should have been: tackle nuclear energy first and worry about it later,” the tycoon told those who asked him what he thought of the response given by US President Joe Biden on the possibility of the Jewish state striking Tehran's nuclear power plants. . Biden has said he is against it, and in recent hours he has also slowed down his targeting of oil fields. “If they do it, they will do it. We will find out what Israel's plans are, Trump added. The Israeli government, according to Biden, has not yet defined its response to the Iranian attack.
