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SvennoJ on 17 June 2024
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Israelis displaced by Hezbollah attacks will return home ‘one way or another’, says Hagari

Here’s more from Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari’s statement earlier, where he warned that Israel is on the “brink” of “wider escalation” amid “increasing aggression” from Hezbollah.

“Hezbollah is endangering the future of Lebanon, so that it can act as a shield for Hamas,” said Hagari, adding that Hezbollah has fired “over 5,000 rockets, anti-tank missiles and armed drones from Lebanon” towards Israel, since October.

Despite his warnings, Hagari said Israel would ensure Israelis displaced from northern Israel would safely return to their homes, “one way or another”.

Tens of thousands of Israelis have been staying in government-funded hotel rooms for months after evacuating their homes near Israel’s southern borders with Gaza and northern borders with Israel, according to reports in The Times of Israel.

The Israeli government on Sunday said it had extended the hotel stays of Israeli evacuees from areas bordering Gaza until August 15, The Times of Israel reported.


Only a Gaza ceasefire can calm Israel-Hezbollah tensions: Analyst

Ending the Gaza war is the only way to ease Israel’s boiling tensions with Lebanese group Hezbollah, and return from the brink of “all-out war”, says Hassan Barari, a professor of international relations at Qatar University.

The US understands the potential flare-up between Israel and Hezbollah, a key Hamas ally, and is trying to push for a ceasefire in Gaza, but Israel “has set the bar impossibly high” to reach such a deal, Barari told Al Jazeera.

“The bottom line for the Palestinians in general and Hamas in particular is to end the war, to have a permanent ceasefire,” said Barari. If [Israel] wants to end the war in the north and in the south … they need to genuinely think about ending the war [in Gaza].”

Israeli drone attacks car in southern Lebanon’s Chehabiyeh

Israel has reportedly killed one man in a drone attack on a car on the outskirts of Chehabiyeh in southern Lebanon. Footage circulating on local social media accounts showed a plume of smoke rising from a hill with homes in the background.