[🇱🇧] Lebanon - Israel Conflict -2024

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Lebanon's military says Israel crossed 400 meters into territory before withdrawing​

From CNN’s Tamara Qiblawi and Mostafa Salem

IDF handout photo geolocated to be in southern Lebanon.

Lebanon’s military said Wednesday an Israeli military force breached the border, reaching 400 meters (about a quarter of a mile) into Lebanese territory before withdrawing.

“An Israeli enemy force breached the Blue Line by approximately 400 meters into Lebanese territory in the areas of Khirbet Yaroun and the Aadeyseh, then withdrew after a short period,” the army said.

The Blue Line is a reference to the demarcation border area that separates Israel and Lebanon.

CNN has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for comment.

The IDF also released a photo of its troops inside Lebanon that CNN has geolocated to be inside southern Lebanon.

 

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Six injured in stabbing attack in Israel
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Image source,MDA

A stabbing attack in the city of Hadera, northern Israel, has injured six people, with at least two in a serious condition.

Israeli police call the incident a "terrorist attack".

According to Israeli media, the suspect was on a scooter when he stabbed passers-by in four different locations. He was later shot dead by the police.

Among the six victims, one is in critical condition, one in serious condition, and another four in moderate condition, KAN reports.

Hadera is about 40km (25 miles) north of Tel Aviv.

At the weekend, an Israeli policewoman was killed and 10 others injured in a shooting in Beersheba, in what police called a suspected terror attack.

On 1 October, seven people were killed a shooting and knife attack in Tel Aviv - Hamas said it was behind the attack.

 

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Israel says it's hit 185 Hezbollah sites in past 24 hours​

The Israeli army this morning gave an update on fighting in the past 24 hours, saying it hit approximately 185 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces says its soldiers engaged in "close-quarter encounters" with Hezbollah fighters on the ground in southern Lebanon, as well as carrying out more air strikes.

During the on-the-ground fighting, an Israeli commander was killed in an exchange of fire, the IDF says.

As a reminder, Hezbollah earlier claimed it has repelled Israeli incursions in eastern and western parts of the Lebanese border.

The IDF also says it targeted 45 Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.

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Rubble from a damaged building in Beirut's southern suburbs, as seen on Tuesday

 

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More blasts seen in southern Lebanon this morning​

We've been seeing pictures of some of the explosions being reported this morning in southern Lebanon, including in the town of Khiam and a village near Tyre, Lebanon's fourth-largest city.

The town of Tayr Debba near Tyre was hit in a strike, resulting in six injuries, reports Lebanese state news agency NNA.

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Smoke rises in Khiam near the Lebanese-Israeli border, an area which has been targeted by Israeli raids in recent days

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Plumes of smoke erupt following an Israeli air strike on a village near Lebanon's southern city of Tyre

 

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Netanyahu calls for 'immediate' removal of UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon​

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the UN chief Antonio Guterres to remove peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon "immediately".

"Mr Secretary General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm's way. It should be done right now, immediately," Netanyahu said in a video statement issued by his office.

Earlier this month, Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz declared Guterres persona non grata following Iran's attack on Israel.