2024-10-18 08:32:00
Hezbollah said on Friday its fight against the incursion by Israeli forces was entering a new phase as the region continues to assess the Israeli announcement that top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed on the eve of fighting with Hezbollah forces in Gaza. News of the killing.
The Lebanese political paramilitary group noted in a statement that its fighters used new precision-guided missiles and explosive drones for the first time.
The note appeared to refer to an explosives-laden drone that evaded Israel’s multi-layered air defenses and crashed into the halls of a military training camp inside Israel, killing four soldiers and injuring dozens more.
Earlier this week, the Lebanese militia announced the launch of a new type of missile “Qader 2” on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.
The organization’s air defense forces shot down two Israeli Hermes 450 drones this week, the statement said.
Hezbollah said its militants were fighting Israeli forces in several areas of southern Lebanon according to a “pre-established plan”.
Hamas has yet to respond to Israel’s statement. But its ally Iran issued a statement praising the Palestinian rebel leader for his UN mission. Sinwar was the main architect of the attack on southern Israel that led to the latest escalation in the Middle East conflict.
Many from Israel’s allied governments to exhausted Gaza residents expressed hope that Sinwar’s death would pave the way for an end to the war, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech announcing Sinwar’s death: ” Our war is not over yet.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas-led rebels broke through the border security fence and stormed into southern Israel, killing approximately 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 250 hostages.
Israel has launched air and ground strikes against the besieged Palestinian enclave, killing more than 42,000 people, according to local health authorities, whose statistics do not distinguish between civilian victims and combatants. The war destroyed much of the Las Vegas Strip and displaced about 90% of its 2.3 million residents.
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