Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the 79th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States, September 27, 2024.
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The Israeli government said a drone was fired at the prime minister’s office on Saturday, causing no casualties, as Iran’s supreme leader vowed that Hamas would continue fighting Israel after the war. murder of the mastermind of last year’s deadly Oct. 7 attack.
Sirens blared in Israel on Saturday morning, warning of gunfire from Lebanon, including a drone fired at the Israeli prime minister. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The Israeli government said it was a house in Caesarea. His spokesperson said in a statement that neither he nor his wife returned home and there were no casualties.
Meanwhile, several Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed more than 50 people, including children, in less than 24 hours, according to hospital officials and an Associated Press reporter.
In September, Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile at Ben Gurion Airport as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane was landing. The missile was intercepted.
Concentration of artillery fire aimed at northern Israel from Lebanon
In addition to the drone fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence, the Israeli military said about 55 projectiles were launched in two separate rounds into northern Israel from Lebanon on Saturday morning. Israeli medical authorities said four people were injured, including one who suffered moderate injuries from falling debris.
Israel’s emergency services said a 50-year-old man sitting in a car in northern Israel died after being hit by debris. Emergency services said in a separate statement that four people were injured in the airstrike. It is unclear whether the deceased man was one of the injured.
of israel Lebanon’s war with Hezbollah It is an ally of Iran-backed Hamas, but its movements have intensified in recent weeks. Hezbollah announced Friday that it plans to send more guided missiles and explosive drones into Israel, launching a new phase of the war. Hassan Nasrallah, the extremist group’s longtime leader, killed in Israeli airstrike In late September, Israel sent ground forces to Lebanon, and in early October they were sent to Lebanon.
Israel also announced on Saturday that it had killed a second-in-command of Hezbollah in the southern town of Bint Jubeir. Military says Nasser Rashid oversaw attacks against Israel
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Saturday’s Israeli airstrike killed two people when a vehicle collided on a main highway north of Beirut. It is unclear who was in the car at the time of the collision.
Israeli forces attack Gaza as Hamas refuses to release hostages
The stalemate continues between israel and hamasAlthough fighting in Gaza, both are demonstrating resistance to an end to the war after the war. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar dies this week. On Friday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Mr. Sinwar’s death was a painful loss, but said Hamas continued to operate despite the killing of other Palestinian militant leaders before him. pointed out.
“Hamas is alive and will continue to be alive,” Khamenei said.
Since then Israel claimed Shinwar’s death on Thursday., Hamas official confirmed On Friday, Hamas reiterated its position that the hostages taken from Israel a year ago would not be released until there is a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an Israeli military withdrawal. This firm position was in reaction to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement that Homeland forces would continue fighting until the hostages were freed. remain in Gaza This is to prevent Hamas, which has weakened significantly, from rearming.
Mr. Sinwar was the chief architect of a Hamas attack on Israel in 2023 that killed around 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and kidnapped another 250. attack in gaza Local health authorities say Palestinians have killed more than 42,000 people, with more than half of the dead being women and children, although they do not distinguish between fighters and civilians.
Further strikes took place in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that Israeli military attacks hit the upper floors of the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahya, with troops firing into the hospital building and courtyard, causing panic among patients and medical staff.
A strike struck the top floor of the building at Al-Awda Hospital in Jabaliya, north Gaza, injuring several staff members, the hospital said in a statement. Three houses in Jabaliya were attacked on Friday night, killing at least 30 people, more than half of them women and children, said Fares Abu Hamza, head of the health ministry’s ambulance and emergency services. At least 80 people were injured.
In central Gaza, at least 10 people, including two children, were killed in an attack on a house in the town of Zawaida, according to the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Bala, where casualties were reported. The same hospital said 11 people, all from the same family, were killed in separate attacks in the Magaji refugee camp. Associated Press reporters counted bodies from both strikes at hospitals.
Palestinian telecommunications company Partel said on Facebook on Saturday that the attack had disrupted internet networks in northern Gaza.
war destroyed vast areas of Gazaabout 90% of the population of 2.3 million people has been displaced and left struggling to find food, water, medicine and fuel.
Shinwar’s death is an opportunity
Mr. Shinwar’s killing Wednesday appeared to be a chance front-line encounter with Israeli forces, potentially changing the dynamics of the war in Gaza even as Israel ramps up its attacks. attack on hezbollah Ground forces in southern Lebanon Air strikes in other areas country.
Israel had pledged to politically destroy Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and killing Shinwar was a top military priority. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his speech announcing the killing on Thursday that “our war is not over yet.”
Still, Israel’s allied governments and Gaza’s weary residents expressed the hope that Mr. Sinwar’s death brings. pave the way To end the battle.
Families of hostages are still being held in Israel in Gaza demanded that the Israeli government take advantage of Sinwar’s murder. as a way to restart negotiations to bring their loved ones home. About 100 hostages remain in Gaza, and Israel says at least 30 of them have died.
