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| Escalation, war threats - and resolution 1701 that will not satisfy anyone: a day of battle in the north |
| 2024-02-15 |
| [Ynet] The escalation in the north on Wednesday, which culminated with the rocket barrage on the Northern Command base in Safed that claimed the life of Staff Sergeant Omer Sarah Banjo and injured eight others, comes a day after reports of progress in negotiations to end the war in the north. While the barrages also continue into cities that have not yet been evacuated, Like Safed, Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy issued a threat, and told the commanders at the Lebanese border: "We are focusing on being ready for war in the north." In response to the barrage, the Chief of Staff and the commander of the Northern Command approved a series of airstrikes targeting Hezbollah. Following the shooting, a situation assessment was held this evening at the northern border, where the Chief of Staff held a dialogue with the commanders, telling them: "We are not ending this without returning the residents to Metula and all The communities in the north, at a very high level of security." The peak of the wave of attacks in southern Lebanon came this evening with the reports of four deaths in a significant Israeli attack. The Qatari newspaper "Al-Arabi Al-Jadid" reported on injuries and extensive damage in an attack on a house, and on the closure of institutions in the town tomorrow following the attacks in the area. Later, the Lebanese "Al-Akhbar" newspaper reported that four people were killed in the attack, including a mother and her daughter. A security source in Lebanon told the Saudi newspaper that the house that was attacked belongs to a family that has no connection to Hezbollah. In an unusual move, Hezbollah did not claim responsibility today, but they did announce the deaths of three of their members: Hassan Ali Najam, Ibrahim Ali al-Dabaq, and Ibrahim Hussein al-Mastrah. The organization has reported a total of 196 deaths among its activists since the beginning of the war. |
| Posted by:Grom the Reflective |
| #1 Senior Hezbollah commander and deputy killed in targeted IDF strike in south Lebanon |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-02-15 11:13 |