Egypt warns visiting US general of Lebanon risk
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has warned a US general of the dangers of a major conflict in Lebanon.
CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Egypt hours after a significant missile exchange between Israel and Hezbollah. Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel after Israel struck Lebanon in some of the biggest fighting in more than 10 months of cross-border warfare.
El-Sisi’s office said the Egyptian leader told Brown the international community needed to “exert all efforts and intensify pressures to defuse tension and stop the state of escalation that threatens the security and stability of the entire region”.
“[El-Sisi warned] in this regard of the dangers of opening a new front in Lebanon, and stressing the need to preserve Lebanon’s stability and sovereignty,” a statement read.
British Airways, Wizz Air halt UK to Tel Aviv flights
Flights between the UK and Tel Aviv have been cancelled after an escalation of hostilities overnight. British Airways halted its flights between London’s Heathrow and Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airports from Sunday to Wednesday, the airline said.
Wizz Air also said it is “temporarily suspending” flights to and from Israel “due to the escalating situation in the region”.
Hezbollah attack hits Israeli military boat off Nahariyya
Footage shared online and verified by Al Jazeera shows a Hezbollah projectile hitting an Israeli military boat off the coast of Nahariyya, Israel’s northernmost coastal city.
More videos and images circulating online purport to show the damaged interior of the Israeli navy’s Dvora-class fast patrol boat. Reports in Israeli media indicated there were casualties, but the Israeli military has yet to comment.
مشاهد توثق لحظة سقوط صاروخ أطلقه حـ.ـزب الله على نهاريا وآخر أصاب زورق حربي إسرائيلي قتل على إثره أحد الجنود ضمن ما قيل إنه المرحلة الأولى للرد على اغتيال القيادي فؤاد شكر #حرب_غزة #فيديو pic.twitter.com/ca1pH8Hvh0
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) August 25, 2024
Translation: Scenes documenting the moment a rocket fired by Hezbollah fell on Nahariyya and hit an Israeli military vessel, killing one soldier, as part of what was said to be the first phase of the response to the assassination of leader Fuad Shukr.
Israeli military confirms 1 navy officer killed
The Israeli military says a member of its navy was killed and two others wounded in combat in northern Israel, after Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets at Israel.
“Petty Officer First Class, David Moshe Ben Shitrit, aged 21… fell during combat in northern Israel,” the military said in a statement, adding that he was from the navy and that two others were also wounded.
