At least 95 dead in the Becá Valley and Beirut // The Pentagon threatens Tehran and supports Netanyahu
▲ Volunteers search for survivors in the rubble of a building bombed by Israel in the Lebanese town of Ain Ed Delb.Xinhua Photo
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La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, p. 29
Jerusalem. Israel began a ground campaign specific and limited against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon early today, after declaring three border towns closed military zones and that the Lebanese army withdrew at least five kilometers north of the division between the countries.
At the time of going to press, Hezbollah had not commented on the new offensive by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s army, although the number two of the Iran-backed movement, Naim Qasem, said hours before: we are ready if the Israelis decide to enter our territory, the resistance forces are ready for a ground confrontation. In a statement, Hezbollah had announced that its fighters attacked Israeli soldiers carrying out movements in orchards near the border.
At least 95 people were killed and 172 injured in Israeli attacks against the southern Lebanese area, the Bekaa Valley and Beirut, during the day on Monday, reported the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
The Israeli war operation was initially announced by the State Department, and later the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, whom made clear that the United States is well positioned to defend American personnel, partners and allies against threats from Iran and the terrorist organizations it supports.and reiterated the serious consequences for Tehran if it decides to launch a direct military attack against Israelby offering support for dismantle attack infrastructure along the border.
A thousand civilians dead
The raid occurs after the wave of beeper explosions and walkie talkies of Hezbollah in Lebanon in the middle of last month, and after two weeks of intense air attacks in which several commanders of the group have been eliminated, including its top leader, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, in addition to the murder of about a thousand civilians and the displacement of one million people, according to the Lebanese government.
Before the invasion, Tel Aviv announced that it established a closed military zone prohibited for civilians in Metula, Misgav Am and Kfar Giladi. This area is very close to Wazzani, a Lebanese town subjected to intense attacks, in which a Lebanese soldier died.
Despite the devastating blow dealt to Hezbollah with the assassination of Nasrallah last Friday, Israeli leaders warned that the battle against the pro-Iranian movement is not over.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began the ground operation directed and limited with support from the air force. Hezbollah positions were attacked in towns from where “rockets have been fired towards northern Israel.
The IDF operates according to a detailed plan developed by the General Staff and the Northern Command regarding which the forces have trained and prepared in recent months, Israel reported.
No direct clashes were reported between Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah fighters, who last met in ground combat on Lebanese territory during a month-long war in 2006.
Residents of the Lebanese border town of Aita Shaab reported intense shelling and the sound of helicopters and drones, Reuters reported.
The Ap news agency reported that the roar of the bombings was heard in various parts of Beirut and, shortly after Tel Aviv ordered the evacuation of three buildings, columns of smoke were seen over southern suburbs of the capital, where Hezbollah has a large presence. .
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared that the objective of the new phase in the war would be to bring home Israelis who fled during almost a year of cross-border fighting.
Netanyahu again warned Iran that Nowhere in the Middle East is out of reach. In an English message to the Iranian people, he charged: “Your regime is plunging our region deeper into darkness and war.
Every day, their puppets are eliminatedand named Nasrallah and other Hamas and Hezbollah leaders killed by Tel Aviv. At every moment, the regime brings them closer to the abyss. Hours earlier, the Iranian Foreign Ministry indicated that its country does not plan to deploy fighters either in Lebanon or Gaza, although it stated that will not leave unanswered their aggressive actions.
Hamas confirms the death of a leader
Hamas confirmed the death of its leader in Lebanon, Fatah Sharif, alias Abu al Aminin a bombing of Israel.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) claimed that Sharif was its employee, but he was suspended after allegations about his ties to the group in March. Sharif did not disclose his affiliation with Hamas.
He had been suspended, had no role, received no salary and was under investigation.UNRWA director Philippe Lazzarini explained to reporters in Geneva. We respect due process and the principle of the rule of law. And the investigation was openhe added.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned about the extreme vulnerability of children in the Gaza Strip. Jonathan Crickx, spokesperson for the agency, told the AFP agency that on a recent visit to the Palestinian enclave he saw very young children, five or six years old, walking through huge piles of garbage, trying to recover what they can, especially cardboard for lighting fires and cooking.
He spoke with a 10-year-old Gazan: “his parents and siblings are alive and they are all in a camp in Khan Yunis.
He then explained how he saw his uncle die. He told me things that a 10-year-old child should not tell, like that the body was in pieces and the head was very far away..
In Israel, the Supreme Court ruled that authorities have the right to retain the body of a Palestinian prisoner to serve as bargaining chip for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas since its incursion into Israel on October 7.
On the other hand, Yemeni Houthi authorities reported that five deaths and 57 injuries are the result of Sunday’s Israeli bombing of the port of Hodeida.
At press time, it was reported that this morning at least three people were killed, including a journalist, and nine were injured in an airstrike against Damascus, the capital of Syria, attributed to Tel Aviv, as it came from the Syrian Golan occupied by Israel, stated the Damascus government.
The military base that houses United States soldiers near the Baghdad airport was the target of three projectiles, with no confirmation of damage from the US military.