Hezbollah claims inflicting casualties, hitting Israeli tank in Marwahin
Hezbollah says its fighters used two anti-armour guided missiles to target Israeli forces advancing into Marwahin in southern Lebanon, “inflicting confirmed casualties”. The armed Lebanese group added that another guided missile hit a Merkava tank, “which led to its burning and the killing and wounding of its crew”.
Hezbollah has also claimed multiple rocket barrages fired at Israeli settlements along the border today, and said it used missiles to target a military base south of Haifa in Israel.
At least 10 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Hezbollah attacks in the past 24 hours, with dozens more wounded.
Israeli army claims it hit Hezbollah military infrastructure in Beirut
The Israeli army is claiming that it hit weapons production sites when it launched major air raids on Beirut. It released aerial footage of the explosions, adding that it also hit an intelligence headquarters and air defence capabilities of Hezbollah.
Israeli attacks across Lebanon have killed several dozen people each day for roughly the past month, many of them civilians.
UN peacekeepers say Israeli troops fired at post
UN peacekeepers said Israeli soldiers fired at one of their observation posts in southern Lebanon this week, adding the security situation was “extremely challenging” amid other unidentified attacks.
“IDF (Israeli army) soldiers fired at” an observation post near the border village of Dhayra on Tuesday, a statement from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said, adding “the duty guards withdrew to avoid being shot”.
Separately, it reported three incidents of unidentified fire impacting UNIFIL positions, teams and vehicles this week, adding no peacekeepers were hurt but calling the security situation “extremely challenging”.
“Since early October, peacekeepers have observed clashes on the ground in or around” a dozen south Lebanon villages and towns, UNIFIL said, noting “rocket fire from Lebanon and heavy air and artillery strikes from Israel have continued”.
Nothing new about Israel’s ‘war’ against the UN
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Israel’s attacks on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mark a further deterioration in a relationship that has been difficult since the founding of Israel in 1948.
According to a leaked UNIFIL report, Israel has attacked UN positions 12 times in the recent hostilities in Lebanon, at times even using white phosphorus against soldiers mandated by the international community to keep the peace.
Little is new in Israel’s current conflict with the international community in Gaza and Lebanon.