Skip next section Hezbollah says it is in ‘new phase’ of combat with Israel
09/22/2024September 22, 2024
Hezbollah says it is in ‘new phase’ of combat with Israel
Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Kassem said the group is now in a “new phase” of combat with Israel.
During a funeral of a top Hezbollah commander in southern Beirut, Kassem said Hezbollah is now engaged in an “open-ended battle of reckoning with Israel.”
Fighting with Hezbollah means that Israel is becoming embroiled in another military escalation as it also continues its operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, which controls Gaza, is deemed a terror organization by the US, Germany and other countries.
Hamas has praised Hezbollah’s rocket strikes at Israel, saying it salutes “the resistance fighters in Lebanon for their resilience and bravery.”
Hamas lauded Hezbollah’s determination “to continue fighting in support of the Palestinian people and their resistance in Gaza and the West Bank.”
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Skip next section Al Jazeera decries Israeli raid on West Bank office
09/22/2024September 22, 2024
Al Jazeera decries Israeli raid on West Bank office
broadcaster Al Jazeera criticized an Israeli raid on its Ramallah office in the occupied West Bank. Earlier on Sunday, Israeli forces entered the network’s premises in the Palestinian city, ordering staff to leave and imposing a 45-day closure of the Ramallah office.
Al Jazeera said it “vehemently condemns and denounces this criminal act” and called the raid “not only an attack on Al Jazeera but an affront to press freedom and the very principles of journalism.”
The broadcaster also rejected what it called “unfounded allegations presented by Israeli authorities to justify these illegal raids.”
The Israeli military defended its actions and said Al Jazeera’s office was “being used to incite terror, to support terrorist activities and that the channel’s broadcasts endanger the security and public order in both the area and the State of Israel as a whole.”
Israel in May and also launched a raid on a Jerusalem hotel that Al Jazeera used for its network operations. Al Jazeera also strongly condemned that move.
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09/22/2024September 22, 2024
Israeli strike on Gaza school-turned-shelter kills 7 — Palestinian health officials
An Israeli airstrike on a former turned shelter in Gaza City left seven people dead, Palestinian officials said.
A spokesperson for the Hamas-run civil defense agency also said there was “a number of wounded, including serious cases, as a result of Israeli shelling of Kafr Qasim school.”
The Kafr Qasim school belongs to the Al-Shati refugee camp, which lies in northern Gaza on the Mediterranean coast. The civil defense agency says hundreds of displaced Palestinians were sheltering there at the time of the strike.
Israel, meanwhile, said it was targeting Palestinian militants who were present at the school grounds.
The Israeli military claimed it took steps to “to mitigate the risk of harm to uninvolved civilians” such as the use of “precise munitions.”
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Skip next section Netanyahu: Israel ‘landed a series of blows on Hezbollah’
09/22/2024September 22, 2024
Netanyahu: Israel ‘landed a series of blows on Hezbollah’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a televised statement, where he said the Israeli military “landed a series of blows on Hezbollah” over the past few days.
“If Hezbollah did not get the message, I assure you it will get the message,” Netanyahu said.
“No country can tolerate attacks on its citizens, attacks on its cities. And we, the State of Israel, will not tolerate it either,” he remarked.
is an Iranian-backed Shiite political party and paramilitary organization in Lebanon.
Israel, along with the US, Germany and several Arab nations, deem Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The EU, meanwhile, considers Hezbollah’s armed wing a terrorist group.
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Skip next section Israel says fresh strikes hit Hezbollah launchers and military sites
09/22/2024September 22, 2024
Israel says fresh strikes hit Hezbollah launchers and military sites
The Israeli Air Force said that fighter jets on Sunday “attacked dozens of targets” this morning belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, “including launchers and military sites.”
The Israeli military said it continues to “damage and degrade” Hezbollah’s capabilities and military infrastructure.
The military said that this comes as 150 rockets and other projectiles were launched at Israel from Lebanon overnight, but many of them were intercepted.
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Skip next section Hezbollah rockets land further into Israel than before — reports
09/22/2024September 22, 2024
Hezbollah rockets land further into Israel than before — reports
Over 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel early Sunday, most of which were intercepted by Israeli air defense systems, the Israeli military said.
Some of the rockets landed near the northern city of Haifa where at least three people were wounded and cars and buildings were damaged, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Several buildings were struck, including a house near the Israeli city of Haifa, according to Reuters.
Rescue teams treated wounded but there were no reports of deaths. Residents had been instructed to stay near bomb shelters and safe rooms.
Hezbollah said it targeted the Israeli Ramat David Airbase with successive barrages of missiles, in the deepest strikes it has claimed since hostilities began.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) later added that fighter jets continued to strike “dozens of Hezbollah terror targets, including launchers and military structures in dozens of areas in southern Lebanon” on Sunday.
The IDF on Saturday struck some 290 sites in Lebanon — one of the most intense since the October 7 attacks.
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Skip next section Northern Israeli hospitals to move patients to underground facilities
09/22/2024September 22, 2024
Northern Israeli hospitals to move patients to underground facilities
Israel’s Health Ministry instructed hospitals in the northern part of the country to shift their operations to facilities with extra protection from rocket and missile fire.
The ministry was acting on instructions from the Israel Defense Forces, according to a report by the Times of Israel.
Rambam hospital in Haifa — where overnight strikes damaged buildings and injured at least three people — will transfer patients to its secure, underground facility, the ministry added.
All elective procedures have been canceled.
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Skip next section Israel orders closure of Al Jazeera’s Ramallah office, broadcaster says
09/22/2024September 22, 2024
Israel orders closure of Al Jazeera’s Ramallah office, broadcaster says
Israeli forces raided the office of Al Jazeera in the occupied West Bank on Sunday and issued a 45-day closure order, the Qatari broadcaster said.
Al Jazeera broadcast live footage of Israeli soldiers entering its premises in Ramallah.
The footage shows an Israeli soldier telling West Bank bureau chief Walid al-Omari about a court ruling for “closing down Al Jazeera for 45 days.”
“I ask you to take all the cameras and leave the office at this moment,” the soldier adds.
The Israeli government last week announced it was revoking the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists in the country, from operating inside Israel.
mk/rm (Reuters, AFP, AP, dpa)
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