Iran-backed Hezbollah needs to focus on domestic issues in Lebanon and not the wider region, senior Lebanese Maronite politician Gebran Bassil said on Tuesday, adding that he was against the head of the army running for the presidency.
A year of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, which culminated in a tentative ceasefire brokered by the United States and France in November, saw more than 4,000 killed, thousands displaced, and the powerful Shi'ite group considerably weakened militarily with many of its leaders dead.
Go to the full article >>The Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that it strongly condemned Israel's entry into the buffer zone between Israel and Syria and its advance into Syrian territory.
"Israel is once again displaying its occupation mentality," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Israel denied that its forces had entered Syrian territory beyond the buffer zone with the Golan Heights. However, Syrian sources said the incursion had extended to within 25 kilometers (15 miles) of the capital, Damascus.
Qatar considers it unacceptable for Israel to "exploit" the current situation in Syria and violate its sovereignty, Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said in a press conference on Tuesday.
Asked about any communication with Syria's leading rebel faction, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Al-Ansari said Qatar's doors are open to all concerned parties in Syria.
Go to the full article >>An Israeli military spokesperson on Tuesday denied that Israeli forces had penetrated into Syrian territory beyond the buffer zone with the Golan Heights after Syrian sources said the incursion had reached up to 25 km. from the capital Damascus.
"It's not true, the forces have not left the buffer zone," the spokesperson said.
Go to the full article >>The IDF eliminated ten terrorists on Monday who were responsible for an attack that killed three Israeli soldiers in Gaza, the army announced on Tuesday.
Staff Sergeant Ido Zano, Staff Sergeant Barak Daniel Halpern, and Sergeant Omri Cohen were killed in the attack in Jabalya.
Go to the full article >>According to Reuters, the IAF sunk several Syrian military vessels in their home port. The IDF later confirmed that the Israeli navy had conducted a large-scale operation overnight to destroy Syria's naval fleet.
"The attack was carried out using Navy missile ships, during which many Syrian naval vessels carrying dozens of sea-to-sea missiles were destroyed in the Mina al-Bayda area and the port of Latakia," the military reported.
The IDF noted that the operation was conducted to stop the fleet's assets "from falling into the hands of hostile elements."
Go to the full article >>A drone that hit a building in Yavne on Monday was not intercepted due to the possibility it was a civilian aircraft, the Commanding Officer of the Israeli air force, Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar said on Tuesday following an operational inquiry.
The drone, which had been launched from Yemen, was initially identified as a suspicious aerial target traveling adjacent to other aircraft that were not classified as hostile.
However, the IDF said that due to a lack of continuous surveillance, as well as the potential of it being civilian, the interception did not occur.
Furthermore, the IDF stated that because it was not classified as hostile, no sirens were activated.
Bar apologized that the "IAF failed to provide security and warning to the Israeli civilians."
Go to the full article >>Clashes reportedly broke out overnight between armed individuals and Palestinian security forces in the West Bank cities of Tulkarm and Nablus, Israeli media reported on Tuesday.
The clashes, which are reportedly ongoing, started after the gunmen opened gunfire on the Palestinian security forces' headquarters in Tulkarm, Ynet reported.
דיווחים על הפרות סדר בשכם: תושבים פלסטיניים מתעמתים עם מנגנוני הביטחון של הרשות, וזאת כהמשך למהומות בימים האחרונים בג'נין, לאחר מות פעיל חמאס מירי המנגנונים בעיר | תיעוד@OmerShahar123 pic.twitter.com/h9jQzaaApF
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According to KAN, this follows days of riots in Jenin, following the killing of a Hamas operative by Palestinian security forces' gunfire in the city.
Go to the full article >>Israel's air force carried out about 300 strikes in Syria in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to Israeli security sources.
Most of the strikes were in southern Syria and around the city of Damascus, targeting Syrian army bases, with an emphasis on air defense systems and stores of surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles.
Go to the full article >>Four soldiers were killed in combat in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Monday, as Israel kept lines tight on the Syrian border to be prepared for anything that might affect the stability there.
Go to the full article >>Three soldiers were killed in northern Gaza on Monday, the IDF announced: St.-Sgt. Ido Zano, St.-Sgt. Barak Daniel Halpern, and Sgt. Omri Cohen.
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