He Israeli army confirmed this Wednesday the launch of at least 90 rockets from the Lebanon to different points in the north of northern Israel, including the region of Lower Galilee.
This episode represents one of the largest attacks recorded in terms of quantity and scope since lebanese territory since last October. In an unprecedented way, some projectiles reached the city of Tiberiaslocated 65 kilometers from the border, as well as other towns further south.
“Several projectiles were intercepted and others fell in different locations in northern Israel. As a result, fires in several areas“said a statement from the Army.
According to emergency services, no injuries have been reported at this time.
The terrorist Hezbollah has not yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, but this massive bombing aims to be a response to the death of four militiamen of the group in an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon this morning, in which the commander died Taleb Sami Abdallah “Al-Haj Abu Taleb”the highest position eliminated by Israel since October according to security sources.
“With great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of Commander Taleb Sami Abdallah, known as ‘Hajj Abu Taleb’, born in 1969 in the city of Adchit, southern Lebanon, who rose as a martyr on the way to Jerusalem “, according to the armed group’s statement.
The group claimed this Tuesday until ten attacks against Israelin which they launched about 80 rockets and other projectiles, which caused fires in the Golan Heightsoccupied by Israel in 1967.
In response, Israeli warplanes attacked terrorist targets of Hezbollah, including a military structure and a launching point in the area of Aitarouninfrastructure in Meiss El Jabal, and a launch cell in Deir Aames, southern Lebanon.
The border between Israel and Lebanon is experiencing its highest peak of tension since 2006 with an intense exchange of fire since October, which has claimed the lives of some 490 people, the majority on the Lebanese side and in the ranks of Hezbollah, which has confirmed some 310 militia casualties, some in Syria; in addition to about 90 civilians.
In Israel, 25 people have died in the north, ten of them civilians.
Hostilities on the divide began on October 8, the day after war broke out in the Gaza Strip, in solidarity of Hezbollah with the Palestinian Islamist militias of the enclave; although the crossing of fire has intensified greatly in recent weeks, which raises fears of an open war between the parties.
Meanwhile, the United States confirmed this Tuesday that it had received Hamas’s response to the proposal announced at the end of May by the president, Joe Bidenfor one truce in Gazaand indicated that he will comment on the matter when he has reviewed it.
“We just received it. Our team is looking at it, just as I think the Qataris and the Egyptians are doing. We must reserve comment until we have had the opportunity to examine it in its entirety.“White House Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
In a joint statement, Hamas and Islamic Jihad expressed their “positive” willingness to reach a peace agreement. Stop the fire in Gaza.
The militias insist on the need for Israel to completely withdraw from Gaza and assure that they delivered their official response this Tuesday to the delegations of Egypt and Qatar, mediators of the conflict along with the United States, something that these two countries have confirmed.
Biden’s proposal, supported almost unanimously on Monday by a resolution of the UN Security Counciloffers Israel and Hamas a three-phase plan to end the war in Gaza.
In addition to a ceasefire, the plan contemplates the Israeli hostage exchange by Palestinian prisoners, an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, increased aid to Gazans, among other points, and in a final phase, a process for the reconstruction of the enclave.
(With information from EFE, AFP and Europa Press)
