Reuters and Europa Press

The newspaper La Jornada
Monday, August 12, 2024, p. 24

Dubai. Israeli intelligence agencies believe that Iran has decided to directly attack Israel and could do so in the coming days, a journalist from the news site said yesterday. AxiosBarak Ravid, who cited two sources.

The attack was in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in late July, a crime Israel has neither claimed nor denied.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard conducts military exercises in the west of the country, to Improve combat and surveillance tasksan official told the official Irna news agency.

Deputy Commander of the Guard Ali Fadavi said on Friday that orders from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the Harsh punishment for Israel and revenge for Haniyeh are clear and will be applied accordingly. best possible way.

Meanwhile, six Irish and two Polish soldiers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon escaped unharmed from a bombing. It was not determined whether Israel or Hezbollah fired the missiles.

Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin described the incident as serious and called on Israel and Hezbollah to “be very aware of their obligations towards the security of the blue helmets, operating under UN mandate,” whose job is to preserve peace.

The Lebanese government has asked for international help to strengthen its army in the face of the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which has been exchanging attacks on a daily basis along the Lebanese-Israeli border since the start of the war in Gaza last October. Hezbollah, supported by Iran, attacks Israel in solidarity with Hamas.

The aid was requested through financing to improve its operational capabilities and thus maintaining security and stability in the region.