The whole world is impressedsays the premier // Threatens to weaken the axis of Islamic resistance // Dozens dead in Beirut and Gaza
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La Jornada Newspaper
Monday, October 7, 2024, p. 28
Jerusalem. Yesterday Israel intensified its attacks in Beirut, where it ordered the evacuation of 25 areas, while in the Gaza Strip it bombed a mosque, a school and launched attacks against Syrian army positions, on the eve of the anniversary of the Hamas incursion into the Israeli territory that left 1,200 dead, triggering the Tel Aviv offensive that has already left almost 42,000 Palestinians murdered.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited his troops in the north of the country yesterday and stated that Today, Israel defends itself on seven fronts against the enemies of civilizationreferring to the combats being waged in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Iran, where militias backed by Tehran that form the so-called Islamic resistance axisopposed to Israel and the United States as main enemies.
A year ago we suffered a terrible blowNetanyahu told CNN in reference to the Hamas attack that unleashed the devastating Israeli offensive against Palestine and that today spreads in the region.
Netanyahu maintained that the army transformed reality from one extreme to the other. The whole world is shocked by the blows we are dealing to our enemieshe assured and added that after having weakened Hamas, he intends to do the same with Hezbollah.
Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, praised the glorious October 7 attack. He shattered the illusions that the enemy had created, convincing the world and the region of his supposed superiority and capabilities.Jalil al Haya, a member of the Qatar-based group, said in a video.
Israeli aircraft bombed suburbs in the south of the Lebanese capital and announced that it attacked intelligence gathering and terrorist infrastructure command centersincluding weapons depots.
The offensive yesterday left 26 dead and 93 injured, the BBC reported on its website.
Hezbollah prevented an attempt by the Tel Aviv army to cross the border in the area of the Israeli settlement of Manara.
Yesterday the Shiite militia launched drones and missiles against Israeli military bases south of the city of Haifa that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) failed to intercept; Five people were injured by shrapnel, Rambam Hospital reported.
The city of Tiberias was also hit by projectiles from Lebanon, leaving one injured, as was Kiryat Shmona, where the army intercepted some of the 15 rockets detected.
About 3,000 Israelis gathered last night in Tel Aviv with candles, prayers and music in tribute to the 1,200 killed during the Hamas incursion, in which about 240 more were taken hostage; It is estimated that some 101 remain captive, and it is not ruled out that a third of them have already died.
On the border with Lebanon, the IDF imposed more restrictions in a new closed military zoneand reported the death of a Hezbollah commander, identified as Jacher Ali Toil, in a Kfar Kila bombing.
Tel Aviv denied that the dejected leader of Hezbollah, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, had accepted a ceasefire, as spread by the Lebanese government, a version that he denied and described as ridiculous the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Tzipi Hotovely.
In Beersheba, southern Israel, a police officer was killed and 10 people were injured in a knife attack. The perpetrator – a young Bedouin (ethnic Arab) – was shot dead. Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev called for deporting family members of terrorists.
The Lebanese Minister of Education, Abbas Halabi, postponed the start of the school year until November 4 due to the Israeli offensive, as 40 percent of the country’s students are displaced.
Meanwhile, the United Nations peacekeeping forces stationed in southern Lebanon, who ruled out abandoning their positions because now more than ever their work is necessary, they warned that Israel’s military operations are extremely dangerous and compromise your security, which is unacceptablethey commented.
In the Gaza Strip, at least 22 people were killed and another 53 injured when Israeli aircraft attacked a mosque and a school housing displaced people yesterday, increasing the number of people killed in the last 24 hours to 45.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that Tehran refrained from immediately responding to the assassination of Hamas chief Ismael Haniyeh on its territory in the hope of reaching a ceasefire and declared that the attack on Israel was for contain your barbarism.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Tehran that its territory could end up resembling those of Gaza or Beirut if the Islamic Republic tries to harm Israel.
Iran has lost contact with Quds Force (Revolutionary Guard division) commander Esmail Qaani since the attacks in Beirut on Thursday. An Iranian official assured Reuters that Qaani was not meeting with Hezbollah commander Hashem Safieddine, who was the target of those Israeli bombings, and of whom there is no news.
Meanwhile, Syrian air defenses responded yesterday to an Israeli attack in Homs province, where an Iranian car factory was hit.