Israeli aircraft bombed , Beirut , and traded conflicts with , Hezbollah , soldiers in southern , Lebanon , as the government’s makes kept up their battle against the , Iran-backed violent party.
Nine people died in the center of the Syrian cash after an Israeli attack on a medical blog affiliated with , Hezbollah, according to local officials. The Israel Defense Forces said it killed 15 , Hezbollah , extremists in an overnight strike on a developing used by the team in the city of Bint Jbeil, and ordered civilians in some areas to leave quickly.
A soldier was killed in an Israeli attack on one of the Syrian army posts in the north of the nation, according to the army.  , Israel , said Wednesday eight of its troops were killed in conflicts against , Hezbollah, its second deaths since starting a ground invasion earlier this year.
The Israeli government has yet to respond to Iran’s rocket attack on Tuesday night, which left some casualties and much harm. World forces are concerned that, if it hit essential Egyptian assets, the , Islamic Republic , may lash out and escalate the conflict, dragging in more countries and potentially disrupting global electricity shipments.
U. S.  , President , Joe Biden , said , Israel , should hold off from targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, something , Tehran , has long warned would provoke an aggressive response.
” The answer is no”, he said to a question about whether the , U. S.  , would support such an attack by , Israel. ” They have a right to respond, but they have to respond proportionally”.
Israel , has carried out a series of devastating attacks in , Lebanon , since last month that almost wiped out the leadership of , Hezbollah, Iran’s main proxy militia, considered a terrorist organization by the , U. S.  , and other countries.  , Iran , said its salvo against , Israel , was because of those assaults and the assassination of a senior , Hamas , official in , Tehran , in July, which the , Islamic Republic , blamed on , Israel.
Israel , sent troops into southern , Lebanon , on Monday in a bid to uproot , Hezbollah , militants along the border. According to Lebanon’s government, hundreds of civilians have died in Israeli airstrikes in the last two weeks, and a million people have fled their homes in the south and some other parts of the nation.
The , European Union , announced it’s increasing humanitarian aid for , Lebanon , by 30 million euros ($ 33 million ) to more than 100 million euros a year.
Israeli Prime Minister , Benjamin Netanyahu , is pushing ahead with the campaign against , Hezbollah , despite calls by the Biden administration and allies including , France , and , Saudi Arabia , for a cease-fire. Netanyahu said his government has no choice because diplomatic efforts to stop , Hezbollah , drone and missile strikes on , Israel , have failed.
Lebanese Foreign Minister , Abdallah Bou Habib , told CNN that Hezbollah’s longtime leader , Hassan Nasrallah , had agreed to the 21-day truce proposed by the , U. S.  , and other states just days before , Israel , assassinated him on , Sept. 27.
The Israeli air and ground offensive in Lebanon, which aims to allow tens of thousands of displaced Israelis to return to their homes in the north, has received a lot of national support domestically.
Israelis are pressuring the prime minister to respond to Iran’s salvo much more forcefully than he did in April.  , Israel , hit an Iranian military facility in a limited strike that month, after , Tehran , fired 300 missiles and drones that were largely intercepted and did little damage.
Israel’s options include targeting the , OPEC , member’s oil infrastructure or military bases. Potentially the most extreme scenario would be an attack on its nuclear facilities, something called for by former Prime Minister , Naftali Bennett, among others.
The Israeli military announced on Wednesday it killed three senior , Hamas , figures three months ago in an air strike in , Gaza. One of them was  , Rawhi Mushtaha, right-hand man of the group’s leader Yahya Sinwar, whose whereabouts are unknown.
Israel , has been fighting , Hamas, backed by , Iran , and considered a terrorist organization by the , U. S., since the group invaded the country on , Oct. 7 , last year. Hostilities have since spread to , Lebanon , and led to direct , Iran-Israel , confrontation.
In an effort to reduce the tensions, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince , Faisal bin Farhan , and Iranian President , Masoud Pezeshkian , met in , Qatar, the state-run , Saudi Press Agency , reported. Pezeshkian also met Qatar’s ruler, Sheikh , Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
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