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SvennoJ on 28 July 2024
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Blinken says ‘every indication’ Golan rocket fired by Hezbollah

“Every indication is that indeed the rocket was from Hezbollah,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says during a visit to Japan, without elaborating on the existence of any evidence.

“We stand by Israel’s right to defend its citizens from terrorist attacks,” he added.

Tensions between Hezbollah and Israel are at an all-time high following the deadly attack on the Druze community, which killed 12 young people. The armed group denies any involvement, but Israeli authorities say Hezbollah was the mandate, pledging to strike back.


Majdal Shams residents angered by arrival of Israeli ministers for funerals: Reports

The visit of Israeli ministers to the town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Syrian Golan has angered the residents, according to the Israeli media. Channel 13 reported angry protesters shouted at Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, asking him to leave.

“Get out of here, criminal, we don’t want you in the Golan,” one person said, according to the broadcaster. “We want calm and we didn’t get it. We are tired of your promises,” another person was quoted as shouting.

Translation: Chants also directed at Minister Smotrich in Majdal Shams: “Get out of here, criminal, we don’t want you in the Golan.”

Economy Minister Nir Barkat, Environment Minister Idit Silman and Energy Minister Eli Cohen were among those who received boos, according to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

A Druze reservist in military uniform told Barakat: “Now you come here?! She hasn’t come here in months. A single drone over Tel Aviv would have turned Yemen upside down. Why Beirut still exists now?”

One resident of the town told ministers: “You came to dance on the blood of our children.”


Israeli army chief says ready for ‘next stage’ of Hezbollah battle

Chief Herzi Halevi says the Israeli military is increasing its readiness for “the next stage in the fighting in the north” following the deadly rocket attack in the occupied Golan Heights.

“We are able to attack even very far from the state of Israel. There will be more challenges. We will raise our readiness,” Halevi said in a video statement from the scene.

“When required we will act strongly. Our duty is to return the residents of the north safely to their homes, in the entire north, the Galilee and the Golan Heights … It is a difficult day,  we will work for better days.”


Hezbollah clears key sites in case of Israeli escalation: Report

Hezbollah is on high alert, two unnamed security sources told Reuters, after the group denied responsibility for the attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 youths.

Hezbollah preemptively cleared out some key sites in Lebanon’s south and the eastern Bekaa Valley in the event of a possible full-scale attack by Israel, the news report said.

The Israeli military said on Sunday its jets bombed weapons depots and infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, in Shabriha and Burj al-Shemali near the southern city of Tyre, and the villages of Kfar Kila, Rab el-Thalathine, Khiam and Tayr Harfa.


Israel should use ‘full force’ against Hezbollah: Minister

Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch says he expects the government to respond “with full force” to the recent rocket attack in the occupied Golan Heights, “even if it means entering into an all-out war” with Hezbollah.

Kisch called the attack “a major disaster” in a statement on X, as he visited Majdal Shams, where the attack took place. “The situation cannot continue like this,” he concluded.

But the situation in Gaza can? Ceasefire there, and the problems in the North will end as well.