Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel from Lebanon | EUROtoday

Vor dem Hintergrund drohender Vergeltungsschläge Irans und seiner Verbündeten gegen Israel hat die islamistische Hizbullah-Miliz von Libanon aus den Norden Israels mit Raketen beschossen. Die israelische Armee teilte an diesem Sonntagmorgen mit, rund 30 Geschosse seien aus dem Südlibanon abgefeuert worden, die meisten seien abgefangen worden. Schäden wurden zunächst nicht gemeldet. Zuvor hatte die von Iran unterstützte Hizbullah erklärt, die Siedlung Beit Hillel zum ersten Mal „mit Dutzenden Raketen“ beschossen zu haben.

Es handele sich um eine Reaktion auf die israelischen Angriffe auf die Ortschaften Kfar Kela und Deir Siriane in Libanon, bei denen Zivilisten verletzt worden seien, hieß es in der Erklärung der Hizbullah weiter. Nach den Angaben der Miliz wurden dabei zwei ihrer Kämpfer getötet.

Seit Beginn des Krieges zwischen Israel und der Hamas im Gazastreifen vor fast zehn Monaten kommt es auch an der Grenze zwischen Israel und Libanon fast täglich zu Gefechten. Die Angriffe hatten sich jüngst intensiviert. Bei Raketenbeschuss aus Libanon auf ein Dorf in den Golanhöhen waren vergangene Woche zwölf Kinder und Jugendliche getötet worden.

Internationally, fears of an escalation within the Middle East are rising after Iran and its ally Israel introduced a “strong response” to the killing of the pinnacle of the novel Islamist Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in an assault in Tehran on Wednesday. Just just a few hours earlier, Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was additionally killed within the Lebanese capital Beirut. Israel claimed duty for Shukr's killing, however the military and authorities didn’t touch upon Haniyeh.

Iran mentioned on Saturday that Hezbollah would assault Israel “in depth” after Shukr's demise and would “not limit itself to military targets.” With the killing of Shukr, Israel had crossed a line, the Iranian mission to the United Nations mentioned, in keeping with the Iranian state information company Irna.

In response to the rising tensions, the US introduced that it might improve its protection capabilities within the Middle East. Additional warships and fighter jets could be despatched to guard US forces and defend Israel, the Pentagon mentioned. When requested whether or not Iran would maintain again, US President Joe Biden mentioned: “I hope so, I don't know.”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné agreed in a joint telephone name to name for restraint with the intention to “prevent a regional conflagration,” in keeping with the French Foreign Ministry. Both nations would additionally proceed their joint efforts to realize a ceasefire within the Gaza Strip.

Turkish Airlines canceled its flights to Tehran for the second night time in a row on Saturday. The United States and Great Britain referred to as on their residents to depart Lebanon instantly. Canada's authorities requested its residents to not journey to Israel due to the “unpredictable security situation.”

In a number of nations, together with Turkey, Morocco and Jordan, hundreds of individuals took to the streets on Saturday to protest towards Haniyeh's killing and categorical their solidarity with the Palestinians.

In Israel, folks demonstrated once more towards the federal government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom they accuse of prolonging the struggle within the Gaza Strip with the intention to keep in energy. They demanded an settlement for a ceasefire and the discharge of the hostages.

The struggle was triggered by the unprecedented large-scale assault by the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas on Israel on October 7. According to Israeli sources, 1,197 folks had been killed within the assault and 251 had been taken hostage. Since then, Israel has been taking large navy motion within the Gaza Strip. According to figures from the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, which can’t be independently verified, at the very least 39,550 folks have been killed in Israeli assaults since then.

According to the civil protection, at the very least 17 folks had been killed in an assault on a college campus within the metropolis of Gaza on Saturday. The Israeli navy confirmed the assault and mentioned a Hamas command middle was hit.