Israel will expand its operations on several fronts on Monday’s anniversary of the October 7 attacks, including “significant and serious” retaliation against Iran for a large-scale ballistic missile attack last week. The Guardian reports this in reference to the Israeli army.
“The IDF is preparing a response to Iran’s illegal and unprecedented attack on Israeli civilians and Israel,” the military officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The response is being prepared before the October 7 anniversary, the newspaper notes.
As the conflict escalates, rumors have intensified that an attack in the southern suburbs of Beirut had killed Hashem Safieddinwho was expected to succeed slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallahwrite the newspaper. According to Lebanese security sources, Safieddine has not been in contact since Friday. He is believed to have been killed along with his Iranian collaborators and advisers in a powerful attack that made access to the bodies difficult. After the attack, the IDF said it had attacked Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters, without saying who was there.
The Israeli military also said on Saturday that it had advised Palestinian civilians in parts of the Gaza Strip, including Nuseirat and Bureij, where large IDP camps are located, to evacuate as the IDF plans to act “with great force” against Hamas there, the newspaper noted.
how it was transmitted EADailyHassan Nasrallah’s successor as Hezbollah leader, Hashem Safieddin, is killed during Friday’s Israeli attack on a suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, along with Hezbollah aides, Iranians and field commanders. This was reported by the Al Arabiya television channel citing Arab sources.
A Lebanese security source said Hashem Safieddine had not been in contact since Friday’s raid. Al Arabiya sources reported on Saturday that a Hezbollah leader was killed in the attack.
