What’s happening at the Israel-Lebanon border?
Tensions over the Israeli-Lebanese have intensified since Saturday. Here is what is happening:
- Israel’s military says it targeted a housing of Hezbollah members in Khirbet Selm in southern Lebanon.
- Hezbollah confirms three of its members were killed in that attack.
- Israeli army says its jets struck a “Hezbollah infrastructure” in the village of Aita al-Shaab late on Saturday.
- Israel’s jets also reportedly bombed an antitank missile launch site in the village of Maroun al-Ras.
- Hezbollah fires dozens of missiles on the Meron area in northern Israel on Sunday morning.
- Israel says some of the rockets were downed by its defence systems, while reports say others fell on empty areas.
- Both sides report an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon’s al-Habbariyeh at Sunday noon, with Lebanon’s media reporting that it hit a caravan.
Palestinians fear Israeli violence in Jerusalem during Ramadan
Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem are in no mood to celebrate the beginning of Ramadan, the holy Muslim month of fasting.
Many are just praying for a ceasefire in Gaza, where more than 31,000 people have been killed by Israel in retaliation for a deadly attack on Israeli civilians and military outposts by the Qassam Brigades and other Palestinian armed fighters on October 7.
Others fear that Israeli authorities and far-right settlers will attack Palestinians during the holy month as part of a broader campaign of collective punishment, as has happened before.
“I’m really worried about possible provocation,” said Munir Nuseibah, a Palestinian human rights lawyer who lives in East Jerusalem. “We learned from the past that the more there is a police presence and police intervention in East Jerusalem during Ramadan, the more we will see [violent] confrontations.”
Voices of Gaza – Surviving on handouts
As the situation in Gaza becomes more dire and desperate, a grandfather in Rafah, who has been striving to provide for his starving family, tells his story.
Palestinians prepare for Ramadan amid Israeli attacks
Palestinian artist Ayman al-Husari draws calligraphy on the tent of displaced people along a street in Rafah
Palestinians shop at stalls set up in a street in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday, as Muslims prepare for the holy fasting month of Ramadan
Palestinian artist Basil al-Maqousi draws calligraphy on the tent of displaced people along a street in Rafa
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