War in the Middle East: “a foretaste of what awaits”, Hezbollah threatens Israel with other offensives

After deadly strikes in Haifa, Hezbollah threatens Israel with new offensives “if it decides to continue its aggression against our people”. Emmanuel Macron calls for de-escalation in the region.

The essentials

• The Lebanese Hezbollah threatens Israel with new offensives in a press release on Monday, October 14. The organization claims that the attack “south of Haifa is just a taste of what awaits it if it decides to continue its aggression against our people.” As a reminder, a drone strike targeting a military position in Haifa killed at least four Israeli soldiers the day before.
• For its part, the Israeli army continues its raids in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. In the Palestinian enclave, a school transformed into a shelter was targeted by the IDF in Nuseirat.
• Emmanuel Macron calls for a de-escalation in the region. The head of state indicated Sunday with his Iranian counterpart Massoud Pezeshkian to support “a general de-escalation”. The President of the Republic recalled “Iran's responsibility (…) to use its influence in this sense with the destabilizing actors who receive its support”. 
• On Sunday, two Israeli tanks were accused of “forcing their way into” one of UNIFIL's positions, injuring peacekeepers. The UN Secretary-General denounced these “attacks” against UN peacekeepers, which could amount to “war crimes”. 

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This Monday morning, according to Palestinian doctors quoted by the Associated Press, the courtyard of a hospital in the Gaza Strip was bombed by the Israeli army, killing at least four people and setting fire to a camp for displaced people. In the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Hospital, children were present at the time of the attack, four dead and forty wounded have been reported so far.

The IDF claims for its part that it was targeting “terrorists.” “Hamas operatives used the hospital grounds to plan and carry out terrorist attacks against IDF forces and the State of Israel,” the Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesman said on X. A motive already mentioned by the Israeli army to target this type of establishment.

09:22 – A “painful” attack, according to the head of the Israeli army

“We are at war, and an attack on a training base on the home front is difficult and the consequences are painful,” said Israeli army chief of staff Herzi Halevi, after Sunday's attack on a military base south of Haifa, AFP reported on Monday. Four IDF soldiers were killed in this raid by the Lebanese Hezbollah.

09:03 – Hezbollah claims to have fired shells at the Israeli army in Lebanon

Lebanese Hezbollah said this morning that its soldiers fired shells early on at Israelis attempting an “infiltration” into southern Lebanon. “When an enemy infantry force attempted to infiltrate Lebanese territory” near Markaba, Hezbollah fighters targeted the force “with artillery shells,” a statement said. Israeli soldiers may also have been targeted elsewhere, in the Labbouneh region, with rockets.

08:50 – The French Embassy “horrified”, after the attack in Haifa

On Sunday, the French embassy said it was “horrified” by the drone strike by Lebanese Hezbollah in Haifa. It denounced “intolerable violence, of which civilians are the first victims, [which] must stop.” “Our thoughts go out to the many injured and their loved ones. From Haifa to Safed, from Ashkelon to Netanya, the Israeli territory has been the daily target of terrorist rockets, missiles and drones for a year,” the message published on _title_2″>08:41 – The victims of the Haïfa attack were 19 years old

In a press release published This Monday, Hezbollah takes stock of its drone attack on a molar position south of Haifa, causing the death of four Israeli soldiers and injuring no fewer than 60 people. All the victims are aged 19, the army said. 

08:33 – After 4 deaths in Haifa, Hezbollah continues its threats against Israel

This Monday, October 14, 2024, Lebanese Hezbollah threatened Israel new attacks in a statement. As a reminder, Hezbollah had struck Haifa two days earlier, killing four Israeli soldiers and injuring no fewer than 60. At the beginning of the week, the terrorist organization indicated that “the resistance (…) promises to the enemy”. The raid carried out “South of Ha'iumlfa is just a foretaste of what awaits him if he decides to continue his aggression against our people,” she threatens.