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Woman Killed in Hezbollah Strike in Israel, Netanyahu Threatens to Pursue the Group Even in Peace

At Least Five Killed in Israeli Strike in Beirut

Nov 19, 2024 05:07 84

At least one person was killed in Israel in shelling by the Lebanese movement "Hezbollah", there are also wounded, BTA reported.

One woman was killed and 10 people were slightly injured in a rocket attack by "Hezbollah". on Shfaram, DPA reported, referring to the rescue services.

The northern Israeli city is inhabited predominantly by Arabs.

Two people were injured in this part of the country during shelling earlier today, DPA points out.

Five people were injured this evening in a suburb of Tel Aviv after a rocket fired from Lebanon was intercepted, AFP reported, citing the Israeli army and rescue services.

A woman is in serious condition.

The Israeli army has counted more than 100 rockets fired by "Hezbollah" today. It, in turn, delivered new deadly strikes during the day on the Lebanese capital Beirut, sums up AFP.

Israel "will conduct operations" against "Hezbollah" even in the case of a cease-fire agreement in Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today, quoted by AFP and BTA.

"The most important thing is not (what it is) on paper, if there is (an agreement), but the fact that we will be obliged, in order to guarantee security in the northern part (of Israel), to systematically conduct operations against possible attacks by "Hezbollah", even after the ceasefire", Netanyahu emphasized before the parliament.

"There is no evidence that this agreement will be honored" by "Hezbollah", the Israeli prime minister added, mentioning "not only operations in response to ("Hezbollah") attacks, but also operations to prevent its strengthening.

"We will not allow "Hezbollah" to return to the position in which it was on October 6" 2023, on the eve of the start of the war between Israel and "Hamas" in the Gaza Strip. As of October 8, 2023, "Hezbollah" carries out almost daily shelling of northern Israel in support of its Palestinian allies.

The Israeli prime minister also said that Israel's airstrikes against Iran late last month had struck "an element of the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.

"It is not a secret, it was published that in this attack an element of the nuclear program was struck, but the program itself and its ability to function have not yet been removed," told the Knesset Netanyahu, whose country is considered by experts for the only nuclear power in the Middle East.

On Friday, the American news website "Axios" reported, citing unidentified US and Israeli officials, that the Israeli strike on Iran on October 26 had "destroyed a secret nuclear weapons research center at Parchin,", about 30 kilometers southeast of Tehran.

"Despite all the actions we have taken, both operationally and politically, (Iran) has made progress in enriching (uranium)". Although Tehran "still has a long way to go [...], we are challenged to act, we, the government of the State of Israel, and our American friends,", he stressed.

As FAKTI already wrote, at least five people were killed in an Israeli strike on a densely populated neighborhood in the center of Beirut last night, the third in the center of the Lebanese capital in the last two days, France Press reported.

According to BTA information, two explosions took place in the Zoqaq al-Blatt neighborhood, where a large number of displaced persons from the bastions of "Hezbollah" under Israeli fire had taken shelter.

"Five people were killed and 24 wounded in the Israeli enemy's attack on Zoqaq al-Blatt, according to the ministry's latest data. The strike occurred about 400m from the Grand Palace, the residence of the Lebanese prime minister, near an area where many embassies are located.

According to the Lebanese NNA news agency, the target of the attack was a small building in the vicinity of Az Zahra, a Shiite place of worship. The Israeli army launched the strike without prior warning, as it often issues before airstrikes.

The Lebanese army has set up a security cordon around the crowded neighborhood to which ambulances travel.