“Maximum alert”. After the death of the leader of HezbollahHasan Nasrallah, last Saturday, Israel activated all the alarms assuming the possible reactions of the allies of the Lebanese militia. The verbal attacks did not take long to come Hamas, Iran and even Türkiyebeing the Yemen’s Houthis the first to open the first front: a few hours after the assassination of the Shiite leader, they launched a missile towards Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, just as Benjamin Netanyahu arrived from his trip to New York. The device could be intercepted.
The Jewish state has not stopped its hunt. On Sunday morning, bombings against Beirut and other areas of Lebanon continued, killing Nabil Qaoukcommander of the preventive security unit of the Shiite organization. For his part, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards confirmed the death of the deputy commander of operations of the military force, Brigadier Abbas Nilforushanduring the Israeli attack on Beirut on Friday, during which Nasrallah died. “It is obligatory for all Muslims to face the usurping, cruel and evil regime of the Zionist mad dog” urged Ayatollah Khamenei.
Around noon, Israel was preparing its revenge against Yemen. A “large-scale” air attack destroyed the country’s two most important ports, located in the city of Al Hodeida And Ras Issain addition to two power plants. The Houthi Ministry of Health “strongly condemned the brutal Zionist aggression against Yemen” and assured that an attack “directed against civilian targets” will not be left without a harsh and dissuasive response“.
According to the IDF, the targeted enclaves were used by the Houthis to “transfer weapons, military supplies and oil to Iran.”
According to Yemeni activists in a statement, these types of ballistic missile attacks “Palestine 2” They will continue until “the aggression against Gaza and Lebanon ceases”, thus maintaining their support within the so-called “Axis of Resistance”.
In response to this threat, Yoav Galant, the Israeli Defense Minister, declared that “our message is clear: For us, no place is too far“, he declared after the attack which he himself said he had monitored from an air force command room.
Iran tightens the rope
Tehran’s condemnation did not take long to arrive. “This attack is proof of anti-human nature of the Zionist regime“, said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, “Israel must not be allowed to attack the ‘Axis of Resistance’ countries one after the other.
“The actions of the Zionist regime with the attack on Yemen and against civil infrastructure and services constitute clear and repeated proof violation of the United Nations Charter and the international community has the responsibility to confront the regime,” added Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Naser Kananí in a statement.
At the same time, he accused the United States of “unconditionally supporting the Zionist crimes“after the attacks against the Houthis.
🔴 Israel confirms attack on power plant and seaport in Al Hodeida city
The airstrike was carried out with dozens of air force planes and, according to the Israeli military, is where the Houthis are “transferring Iranian weapons to the region.” pic.twitter.com/IY2CO9X80M
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Beirut continues to burn
“The Israeli army carried out a precise attack in the area of Dahye of Beirut,” said a military statement on Sunday. In addition to Shiite leaders, the army claims to have succeeded in killing more than around twenty members “of various rank.”
“These dead they do not mean the end of Hezbollah because it is deeply rooted in Lebanese society, but it allows us to push them towards northern Lebanon and thus create the conditions for the evacuated inhabitants to return home,” explained military spokesperson Roni Kaplan.
Likewise, Miri Eisin, who served more than 20 years in Israeli military intelligence and heads the Israeli International Counterterrorism Institute, assured that although these were “very effective” attacks, they cannot yet be described as a “checkmate against the Lebanese Shiite group”.
“Israel still faces additional military threats “We must continue to resolve immediate problems, despite Nasrallah’s death, such as Hezbollah’s arsenal and weapons as well as all the tunnels” near the border, he added.
This is why, as the Minister of Defense pointed out yesterday, Yoav Gallantthe military body studies an “expansion of activities” armed forces on the northern front, which could take the form of a land invasionaccording to the Hebrew press, although of a very limited nature.
Gaza is not forgotten
The main issue of the war is not lost sight of. Despite the many fronts that Israel faces simultaneously, the attacks on the Gaza Strip do not stop. Israeli military attacks in the Gaza Strip They killed at least 11 Palestinians while Israeli planes bombed several areas in the north, center and south.
A school which housed displaced Palestinians in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, was among the buildings attacked, killing four people and injuring several others, Gaza medics said.
The Israeli army claimed to have attacked militants since Hamas which operated from a command center integrated into a compound that previously served as the Um Al-Fahm school.
In another attack, three people were killed in a house in Gaza City, medics said. Four other people were killed in three separate airstrikes in Nuseirat And Yan Younisin the central and southern parts of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces continued their operations Rafahnear the border with Egypt, and in the Gaza City suburb of Zeitoun, where forces blew up several houses, according to residents and Hamas media.
