Israel sends more troops to Lebanon, steps up attacks in Gaza on October 7 anniversary

He Israeli army announced this Monday the sending of a third division in southern Lebanon, where ten Israeli soldiers have already died since the start of their invasion in combat with the Shiite group Hezbollah. On the first anniversary of the 7-O attacks, Israel also intensified its air and ground offensive in Gaza with new attacks on Hamas militants and command posts on Monday.

“This Sunday, soldiers of the 91st Division began directed and localized operational activities in southern Lebanon,” said a military statement.

Since the start of its invasion of southern Lebanon last week, which Israel describes as “limited raids” against the Lebanese group’s infrastructure along the border, The Army sent soldiers from the 98th, 36th and 91st divisionswhich include paratrooper, commando, armor and infantry brigades.

According to Israeli forces, soldiers from the 91st Division have already Dozens of Hezbollah fighters have been eliminated during airstrikes in recent weeks.

The announcement comes shortly after the military confirmed the death of a tenth Israeli soldier in the fighting in southern Lebanon. Additionally, two soldiers were seriously injured in the same incident.

The Israel Defense Forces reported that Hezbollah launched an attack with a “Drone swarm” against Haifathe largest city in northern Israel, in which six people were injured.

According to information collected by the media The time of Israelfive people were injured by the rocket impact in Haifa, according to information provided by the Rambam Hospitalthe largest medical center in northern Israel, which later I increased the number to six.

Gaza offensive intensifies

Since Israel intensified its attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon two weeks ago, More than 2,000 people died and a million were displaced in the neighboring country, according to Lebanese authorities.

Furthermore, Israel ordered evacuation of dozens of towns in southern Lebanon since the start of their land incursion, which raises fears of a resurgence of the offensive.

This Monday, Israeli tanks advanced towards Jabaliathe largest of the eight historic refugee camps in Gaza Stripafter surrounding it, according to residents.

The Israeli military on Monday expanded evacuation orders in Jabalia to cover areas of the northern towns of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya.

Residents said Israeli forces attacked Jabalia from the air and ground, and doctors said several Palestinians died and rescue teams were unable to reach some of the victims.

Palestinian medics reported that an Israeli airstrike killed five Palestinians west of Jabalia.

The Israeli military claimed to have killed dozens of militants and dismantled military infrastructure in Jabalia, reaffirming that the operation would continue to prevent Hamas from regrouping.

In the city of Deir Al-Balah, in the center of the country, where a million displaced people are taking refuge, a Israeli airstrike hits tents inside Al-Aqsa hospital and caused 11 injuries, according to Palestinian doctors. The Israeli military said the attack targeted Hamas militants operating from a command center integrated into the hospital.

Later, the Israeli army ordered residents of some eastern neighborhoods to Yan Younisin southern Gaza, to leave their homes, and many families began to do so, loading their belongings into donkey carts and rickshaws.

Hamas attacks

For his part, Hamas claimed to have attacked Tel Aviv with a salvo of missiles, which set off sirens in central Israel. Two people were slightly injured, according to Israeli ambulance services.

The barrage of rockets showed Hamas’ enduring ability to fight back despite a prolonged Israeli military campaign that has seriously degraded its fighting capabilities, a year after Hamas’ bloody cross-border incursion into Israel that sparked the war.

Hamas’s smallest ally, Islamic Jihadclaimed to have attacked Sderot, Nir Am and other Israeli towns near Gaza with rockets. The Israeli army intercepted five rockets fired from Gaza.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas forces stormed Israeli towns and kibbutz villages near the border, killing 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostagesaccording to Israeli counts.

Israel’s subsequent military campaign in Gaza killed nearly 42,000 Palestinians, According to the Ministry of Health of the small coastal enclave, this led to the displacement of almost the entire population, or 2.3 million people, and caused a serious humanitarian crisis.

Arab mediators backed by the United States, Qatar and Egypt have so far failed to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza which could also help defuse hostilities in Lebanon and allow the release of hostages held in Gaza, as well as many Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

Israel and Hamas blame each other for the failure to reach an agreement so far, and each accuses the other of adding conditions that are impossible to meet.

Hamas wants a deal that ends the war and withdraws Israeli forces from Gaza, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, promised that The war can only end with the eradication of the Palestinian terrorist group.