The Israeli army and Hezbollah continue direct clashes in southern Lebanon this Wednesday. Following these clashes, eight Israeli soldiers died this Wednesday, while on the side of the Shiite militias, there were an unknown number of victims. With an official report not yet updated by the Lebanese government since midnight on Tuesday, reporting 55 dead and 156 injured.
The eight casualties among Israeli forces mark the worst day for the Hebrew army on the Lebanon front in the past year of clashes in the border area between Israel and its Iranian-backed foe.
For the first time since Israel’s ground incursion on Tuesday, clashes were reported between its forces and Hezbollah. The Shiite militia claimed to have destroyed three Israeli Merkava tanks with rockets near the border town of Maroun El Ras.
After the death of the eight soldiers, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a condolence video on his social media. “We are at the height of a difficult war against the Iranian Axis of Evil, which wants to destroy us. This will not happen because we will remain united and with God’s help we will win together,” he said. assured.
“God save his blood. May his memory be blessed,” the president said in reference to the fallen soldiers.
Hezbollah tries to limit Israel’s advance in southern Lebanon as much as possible and counterattacks with attacks targeting its territory. The Shiite group announced at the start of the day that it had fired around a hundred rockets and drones towards the Israeli port city of Haifa, just 30 kilometers from the border with Lebanon. As usual, Israel managed to intercept most of the projectiles. Those who had an impact did not cause any casualties.
In addition, he assured that they had repelled the entry of an Israeli “infantry force” into the border town of Oddaisseh and claimed responsibility for four rocket, missile or artillery attacks launched against army positions in different parts of northern Israel.
International condemnation of the attack on Iran
The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterrescondemned Iran’s launch of ballistic missiles at Israel, stating that “They are doing nothing to support the cause of the Palestinian people or alleviate their suffering.
The words spoken by Guterres before the Security Council, meeting urgently this Wednesday to discuss the situation in Lebanon, are the first he utters after Israel declared him “persona non grata” a few hours earlier and denied them access to the country, precisely because they had not unequivocally condemned the Iranian attack the day before, according to Hebrew Foreign Minister Israel Katz.
THE The G7 leaders also expressed their “strong condemnation of the Iranian attack on Israel.” and agreed to work to “promote a reduction in regional tensions” with the application of several UN resolutions, during the telephone conference convened by the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, after the worsening of the crisis in the Middle East.
For his part, the American president, Joe Biden, warned Israel on Wednesday that The United States will not support the attack on nuclear facilities in Iran. “The answer is no,” he told the media regarding the possibility that the government of Netanyahuin retaliation for the attack on Israel on Tuesday.
Iran accuses the West of being responsible for tensions in the Middle East
On the other hand, thousands of Iranians gathered this Wednesday in the streets of Tehran For celebrate your country’s missile attack on Israel the day before, with cries of “death to Israel” and “death to the United States”.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi asked before the UN Human Rights Council that the international community “do not continue to remain silent” in the face of the Israeli offensive since, he said. -he assured, “It’s time to act decisively.” “Swift and decisive action is a moral imperative,” he said in a video message during a debate on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Supreme Leader also spokeAli Khameneiduring a meeting with students in Tehran, during which blamed the United States and European countries for tensions in the Middle Eastalthough he remained silent on last night’s attack on Israel.
“The basis of the region’s problems lies in the presence of actors like the United States and some European countries that falsely claim peace and tranquility,” Khamenei said.
