2023-12-16 10:49:57
According to Palestinian media reports, dozens of people have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip. At least 14 people were killed when two houses were hit on Old Gaza Street in northern Jabalia, the WAFA news agency reported on Saturday. Dozens more people were killed in an air strike on another house in the city. Many civilians are trapped under the rubble of the buildings.
According to a media report, Egyptian air defense intercepted a flying object off the coast of the Red Sea. It was discovered and shot down near the resort of Dahab, reports the Egyptian television channel Al-Qahera. Where the flying object came from and further details are not initially known.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, who have declared solidarity with the militant Palestinian organization Hamas in the new Middle East war, attacked cargo ships in the Red Sea this week and have also recently fired rockets towards Israel. Israel’s southern tip borders the Red Sea; the city of Eilat lies directly on the coast and is Israel’s only access to the important shipping route.
Iran is considered Israel’s archenemy. He also supports Hamas and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, with which there are ongoing battles across the border with Israel – including on Saturday: Israel’s air defense intercepted an enemy flying object from Lebanon early on Saturday, it said military with. Another aircraft crashed in an area in the north of the country. In response, targets in Lebanon were attacked.
Previously, warning sirens wailed in several Israeli towns. According to Israeli media reports, the flying objects were two drones loaded with explosives. It was initially unclear who the drones came from. The Shiite Hezbollah only said it had attacked Israeli soldiers in the morning. It is the worst escalation since the second Lebanon war in 2006.
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