A new escalation between Israel and Hezbollah casts a shadow over the already difficult negotiations initiated by the US special envoy, Amos Hochstein, to achieve a ceasefire in Lebanon. A swarm of rockets and drones fell on Israel on Sunday, November 24, in one of Hezbollah’s most violent bombardments in months. More than 250 projectiles were fired from Lebanon, the Israeli military said, wounding seven and causing damage as far away as the Tel Aviv region of central Israel.
Posting a photograph of an attack near Petah Tikva, a city east of Tel Aviv, with the headline “Beirut equals Tel Aviv,” the Lebanese Shiite group presented the bombing as a response to an especially deadly day in Lebanon on Saturday, with 84 dead. recorded by the Ministry of Health, including at least 29 in an Israeli attack in central Beirut. During the night from Sunday to Monday, the Israeli army continued its bombing, targeting in particular twelve buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which it presented as “Hezbollah command centers”.
Israel’s “determination”
Hezbollah leader Naïm Qassem promised on Wednesday to apply the principle of reciprocity in targeting in his fights with the Jewish state. Speaking after talks led in Beirut by Mr Hochstein, who had considered a solution “within reach”the leader of the Shiite movement had promised to continue fighting until the permanent cessation of hostilities and aim ” the center of tel aviv », in response to the Israeli attacks in Beirut. He was responding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who declared before the Knesset on Monday that Israel would continue ” has carry out operations against Hezbollah, even after signing an agreement with Lebanon.”
On Saturday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz reiterated that Israel would continue to act. “with determination” against Hezbollah. At dawn, Israeli missiles fell, without warning, on a residential building in the densely populated Basta district, in the heart of the Lebanese capital. As of Monday morning, the official figure of 29 dead and 67 injured was still provisional, as rescuers continued their search. Israeli officials told media on condition of anonymity that the target was Mohammad Haydar, Hezbollah’s chief of operations, without confirming his death. Hezbollah deputy Amine Cherri denied that a leader of his movement had been attacked.
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