Hezbollah claims attack on Israeli military site
The Lebanese armed group said it carried out the attack at 1am local time (10pm GMT) at the Bayad Blida site, which hosts Israeli soldiers on the border with southern Lebanon.
“In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honourable resistance, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted … the Bayad Blida site with heavy artillery shells and hit it directly,” it said in a statement.
Israel is yet to acknowledge the attack. There have been no reported casualties.
EU’s Borrell meets Lebanese officials amid uptick in Israeli attacks
In a meeting with Lebanese officials in Beirut, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said the drums of war have not stopped beating since his last visit in January and that we’re facing dangerous times.
His visit really is about trying to prevent further escalation and reaching a ceasefire deal in Gaza. But he made it very clear that there has been no tangible progress in ending this “horrific war”, as he called it.
In the past few days, we have seen an uptick in the intensity and frequency of Israeli strikes and we’re hearing Israeli officials talk about widening the war and shifting the focus from Gaza to the northern front.
Israel is not expected to launch a wide-scale attack on Lebanon in the run-up to the US election, but many say it will intensify conflict along the border.
Israeli air strike kills 2 in southern Syria: War monitor
An Israeli strike has hit a vehicle near the Syrian town of Khan Arnabah in the occupied Golan Heights, killing at least two people, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor.
AFP, citing a local security source, said “two charred bodies were removed” from the targeted vehicle.
The attack comes days after raids blamed on Israel killed 18 people in the central province of Hama, according to Syrian authorities.
The Syrian Observatory said those strikes killed 27 people, including six civilians, and targeted a “scientific research area” and other sites in the province’s Masyaf area.
