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Israeli warplanes, artillery pound sites in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military has released the latest video footage of its now daily attacks on southern Lebanon, reporting that jet fighters carried out overnight raids on targets in the vicinity of Maroun el-Ras and Markaba villages.
Grainy footage accompanying a post on social media showed buildings and other structures being destroyed in huge blasts following apparent missile attacks from the air.
Israeli artillery also shelled “several areas” in Lebanon to “remove a threat”, Israel’s military said, describing the targets as “terrorist infrastructures” of the Hezbollah movement.
Lebanon-Israel border conflict entering ‘different phase’
This is becoming a higher-intensity conflict on both sides. In recent days, we’ve seen an increase in attacks by the Israeli military and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
Yesterday, Israel carried out the largest number of strikes in a single day. In a matter of minutes, it hit 40 targets belonging to what it says were Hezbollah positions. The air strikes continued into the early hours, not just targeting front-line villages, but targeting eastern Lebanon. It seems to be a different phase.
What Israel wants is for Hezbollah to pull back a few kilometres but Hezbollah is still here firing rockets south of the Litani River. Fighters are still being killed in their homes.
So there are two options on the table: Either escalation to try and force Hezbollah back – so far that has not worked – or we are going to see an escalation to improve negotiating positions to try to find a diplomatic settlement.
What is clear is this conflict is tied to what is happening in Gaza. Until there is a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the Lebanon-Israel border will remain an active front line.
Lebanese troops cross the Litani River in southern Lebanon
Israeli settlers enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
More than 430 Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem.
A video verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency shows settlers walking through Al-Aqsa. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports the settlers were under “heavy protection” from Israeli forces.
The settlers performed rituals of the weeklong Jewish holiday known as Passover. Under a longstanding status quo agreement, prayer at Al-Aqsa is reserved for Muslims.
