He Israeli Army he came back to attack Lebanon after having intercepted a missile shot at a drone. “Tonight a surface-to-air missile was fired from Lebanese territory against a plane piloted remotely by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)“, confirmed the Israelis on the social network x (formerly Twitter).
“In response, the IDF has attacked the squad who carried out the shooting and the launch site from which the missile was launched. The aircraft was not damaged,” they added.
The bombings took place in southern Lebanon, near the Blue linea demarcation between Lebanon and Israel established by United Nations 20 years ago to avoid any type of tension. This border area is the daily scene of exchanges of fire between the Israeli Army and the Lebanese Hezbollah and its allies, who support Hamas.
“We are surrounding Gaza City,” said the head of the Israeli Army
The lieutenant general Herzi HaleviIsrael’s top military chief, assured that the Army is surrounding Gaza City from various directions in their ground offensive against Hamas and fighting in complex and densely populated urban areas. “We have advanced another important stage in the war. Forces are in the heart of northern Gaza, operating in Gaza City, surrounding it and deepening the ground offensive“he explained.
“The ground forces are accompanied by precise intelligence, with fire from the air and the sea. This partnership makes combat much more effective,” he added. This city was the largest on the coastal strip, and before the beginning of the Israeli attacks it had approximately 650 thousand inhabitants. Now hundreds of thousands They left the area and fled to the south of the territory.
At the same time, the Army assured that two other Israeli soldiers died in fighting with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and that last night they killed dozens of enemy fighters in clashes in the Palestinian enclave. In this context, they gave instructions so that the planes attack from the air and for a vessel will attack from the sea.
Since the offensive began on October 7, more than 9 thousand Palestinians killed by the attacksmostly civilians, plus approximately 240 hostagesamong them, 20 of Argentine nationality.
Source: Ambito