The escalation of tensions in the Middle East continues. The Israeli army announced on Sunday that it is attacking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, after detecting the launching of “115 air threats” by the Shiite group towards northern Israel in the last few hours. “The army’s attacks will continue and intensify,” the Israeli forces warned in a statement.
The Lebanese group claimed responsibility for the attacks on Sunday morning and Saturday night in the Haifa area, where the authorities have suspended classes, and said they targeted an Israeli weapons factory and a military base. At least two people were slightly injured and one was in moderate condition after being hit by shrapnel in the area, said the Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA).
Hezbollah said the attacks were an “initial response” to explosions of thousands of the group’s communications devices this week, blamed on Israel, which left more than 30 fighters dead.
The Israeli army’s international press spokesman, Nadav Shoshani, regretted that thousands of children in northern Israel were unable to go to school today, shortly after the start of the school year, due to Hezbollah attacks, and noted that some 60,000 people are still living in evacuations since October, which he described as “intolerable.” “Hezbollah is responsible for the situation we are in. They started this, without provocation, on October 8,” the spokesman said.
Israel has stepped up its attacks on the Lebanese group this week, killing at least 16 fighters, including two commanders, in a bombing in Beirut on Friday that also killed three children and seven women, according to Lebanese authorities.
The situation raises fears of the outbreak of an open war in the region, despite the fact that Hezbollah has warned that it does not want to enter into a large-scale conflict and that its attacks would cease if a ceasefire agreement is reached in Gaza.
Source: www.eldiario.es
