Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a televised statement Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Jerusalem, Israel. Netanyahu has pledged to continue striking “with an iron fist” against any perceived Hezbollah violations of the recent ceasefire.
NEWSWEEK | Published December 4, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to continue striking “with an iron fist” against any perceived Hezbollah violations of the current ceasefire.
Defense Minister Israel Katz echoed the warning, stating that if the fragile truce collapses, Israel’s military campaign will expand to include not only Hezbollah but also the Lebanese state itself.
Netanyahu said at the start of a government meeting on Tuesday “At the moment we are in a ceasefire, I note—a ceasefire, not the end of the war. We have a clear goal to return the residents, to rehabilitate the north.”
He continued “We are enforcing this ceasefire with an iron fist, acting against any violation, minor or major.”
Is Israel Still Attacking Targets Outside Gaza?
Israeli forces conducted multiple drone and artillery strikes in Lebanon on Tuesday, including one that reportedly killed a person, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state media. The attacks further strained the already fragile ceasefire, which was intended to bring an end to over a year of conflict with Hezbollah.
With Tuesday’s fatality, Israeli strikes since the ceasefire began have claimed at least 15 lives in Lebanon.
The Israeli military also said it carried out an airstrike in Syria on Tuesday, targeting a senior Hezbollah operative allegedly responsible for coordinating with the Syrian military to rearm and resupply the Lebanese group. While Israel has frequently struck Hezbollah-linked targets in Syria, this marked a rare public acknowledgment of such an operation. Syrian state media reported that the attack, conducted by an Israeli drone, struck a car in a Damascus suburb, killing one person.
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SOURCE: www.newsweek.com
RELATED: Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital wound 3, Netanyahu vows ‘iron fist’ in Lebanon
A medical director in northern Gaza said Israeli drone strikes on have wounded three medical workers
ABC NEWS | Published December 4,, 2024
Israeli drone strikes hit Kamal Adwan Hospital on Tuesday, wounding three medical staff at one of the few hospitals still partially operating in the northernmost part of Gaza, the facility’s director said. Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya said the drones were dropping bombs, spraying shrapnel at the hospital. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
In Lebanon, a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has held despite Israeli forces carrying out several new drone and artillery strikes on Tuesday, killing a shepherd in the country’s south. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed keep striking “with an iron fist” against perceived Hezbollah violations of the ceasefire.
Hezbollah began launching rockets, drones and missiles into Israel last year in solidarity with Hamas militants who are fighting in the Gaza Strip. The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 250 people hostage.
Israel’s blistering retaliatory offensive has killed at least 44,500 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were combatants. Israel says it has killed over 17,000 militants, without providing evidence.
The war in Gaza has destroyed vast areas of the coastal enclave and displaced 90% of the population of 2.3 million, often multiple times.
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SOURCE: www.abcnews.go.com
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