Heavy missile attacks from Lebanon and intensified Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Published July 22nd, 2024 - 03:36 GMT
Lebanon-Israeli borders
This picture taken from the Israeli side of border with Lebanon shows smoke billowing following Israeli bombardment around the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab on December 18, 2023 amid increasing cross-border tensions as fighting continues with Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
Highlights
The ongoing Israeli aggression has forced many already displaced Palestinians to seek shelter once again, with no safe areas remaining in the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for targeting the radar site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms. In response, Israel conducted two air raids in the vicinity of Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon.

ALBAWABA- Israeli media reported that a series of heavy missiles were launched from Lebanon towards the Upper Galilee settlements, with sirens sounding in Beit Hillel, Kfar Galadi, Kfar Yuval, Metulla, Manara, Ma'yan Baruch, and Margaliot. 

Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for targeting the radar site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms. In response, Israel conducted two air raids in the vicinity of Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon.

Meanwhile, in Gaza, five people were killed, and several others injured in an Israeli bombing in the Sheikh Nasser area of Khan Yunis. The death toll in Gaza has reached 65 since this morning due to intensive Israeli airstrikes. 

The ongoing Israeli aggression has forced many already displaced Palestinians to seek shelter once again, with no safe areas remaining in the Gaza Strip.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reported that thousands of Khan Yunis residents are fleeing the bombing and military operations after receiving evacuation orders from Israel.

 In a related incident, the Israeli army confirmed that an officer was killed in a hand grenade explosion in the Gaza Strip, prompting an investigation by the military police.

Additionally, the Al-Qassam Brigades announced they had targeted three Merkava tanks and a D9 military bulldozer with “Al-Yassin 105” shells and a shock device east of the city of Khan Yunis, further escalating the conflict in the region.

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