On Tuesday, the Israeli army stepped up its attacks that have been ongoing for the past one year Lebanon It has also launched ground operations in the southwestern regions of the country, in which it has claimed the death of another senior commander of Hezbollah.
After targeting Israeli “military installations” last month, Iran again warned on Tuesday that it would retaliate strongly against any Israeli attack.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned Israel against attacks on his country, saying that Iran will respond to an attack on any of its locations.
On the other hand, the Israeli army has put more pressure on Hezbollah, saying that it is conducting “limited, localized and targeted operations” in the south-west of Lebanon after the start of ground operations in the south-eastern border areas.
The Israeli army claimed to have killed another senior Hezbollah commander, Suhail Hussein Husseini, in an attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut between Monday and Tuesday.
If this claim is confirmed, Sohail Hussain’s death would be the latest in a series of assassinations by Israel of leaders and commanders of Hezbollah and its ally Hamas.
Hezbollah suffered its biggest blow in decades when Israel killed the group’s chief, Hassan Nasrallah, in an airstrike on the southern outskirts of Beirut late last month.
The UN special representative for Lebanon and the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the region said on Tuesday that his repeated appeals for restraint since the start of clashes between Hezbollah and Israel had gone unheeded. went
“Today, a year later, the almost daily exchange of fire has turned into a sustained military campaign with devastating humanitarian consequences,” they said in a joint statement.
The attacks have raised fears that tensions between Israel and Iran and their allies could escalate into an all-out conflict in the oil-producing Middle East.
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Israel is considering options to respond to Tehran’s ballistic missile attack last week, which was carried out in response to Israeli military action in Lebanon.
The US news website Exitos quoted Israeli officials as saying that Tel Aviv could damage Iran’s oil facilities, which would make the situation more serious and send global oil prices spiraling out of control.
On Friday, President Joe Biden said that if he were in Israel’s shoes, he would consider an alternative to attacking Iranian oil fields.
Israeli airstrikes have displaced 1.2 million people in Lebanon, while nearly 2,000 Lebanese have been killed since the heavy Israeli bombardment.
The Israeli military has described its ground operations in Lebanon as localized and limited, but the operation has steadily increased since last week.
The Israeli Defense Forces say Israel aims to clear the border areas where Hezbollah fighters are entrenched and has no plans to enter Lebanon further.
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