Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets into northern Israel

Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets into northern Israel

 

Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets into northern Israel as Gaza ceasefire talks hit a deadlock

The attack came during Blinken's visit to the region to promote a U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire proposal. Hezbollah retaliates for killing of top commander

Lebanon's Hezbollah fired a large number of rockets into northern Israel on Wednesday in retaliation for the killing of a senior commander, further stoking tensions in the region as the fate of an internationally backed Gaza ceasefire plan hangs in the balance.

The retaliatory attack came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting the region to promote a globally backed ceasefire proposal that has not been fully accepted by either Israel or Hamas. The militant group submitted its first official response late Tuesday, calling for "changes" to the agreement.

Hezbollah, an ally of Iran-backed Hamas, has been exchanging fire with Israel almost daily since the start of Israel's eight-month war with Hamas, and said the war would only end if a ceasefire were established in Gaza. This has raised fears that an even more devastating regional conflagration could break out.

Air raid sirens sounded across northern Israel, and the army said some 160 projectiles were fired from southern Lebanon, making it one of the largest attacks since the fighting began. There were no immediate reports of casualties, as some were intercepted and others sparked forest fires. Hezbollah said it had fired rockets and projectiles at two military bases in retaliation for the killing of Taleb Sami Abdullah, 55. He is known within Hezbollah as Hajj Abu Taleb and is the highest-ranking commander killed since fighting began eight months ago. An Israeli military strike destroyed a house late Tuesday night about 10 kilometers from the border where Abdullah and three other officials were meeting. Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed more than 400 people, most of them Hezbollah members, but the dead also included more than 70 civilians and non-combatants. On the Israeli side, 15 soldiers and 10 civilians have been killed in Gaza since the war began. Other Iran-allied groups, including powerful militias in Iraq and Syria and Yemen's Houthi rebels, have also attacked Israeli, U.S. and other targets since the war began, often drawing Western retaliation. The first direct artillery exchange between Israel and Iran took place in April.

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June 12, 2024 at 03:44PM