The last few hours have been marked by the crossing of air attacks between Israel and Hezbollahthat they launched 150 shellscruise missiles and drones that have successfully penetrated Israel’s “Iron Dome.” This is the group’s response to the more than 400 attacks that Israeli planes flew over southern Lebanon on Sunday evening.
The Israeli government claims to have achieved its goal: to behead Hezbollah’s military leaders. They claim that only three senior officials remain alive after committing an attack in which at least they died. 45 peopleThis is the latest official information, although the search for missing persons in the rubble is still ongoing.
The Foreign Minister is already warning of a possible invasion of southern Lebanon if Hezbollah does not withdraw voluntarily. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon boasted on Friday about Israeli bombings of southern Beirut, which resulted in the elimination of Hezbollah’s commander. Ibrahim Aqil, “one of the most wanted men in the world”.
Danon attributed to Aqil a role in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, which killed 83 Americans, and “his responsibility for the murder of hundreds of Americans and Israelis,” and when asked about the deaths of many “collateral” civilians in the attack, accused Hezbollah of hiding its leaders among the civilian population.
