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January 6, 2024
The IDF attack followed “about 40 [rocket] launches from Lebanese territory” that crossed into Israel. Meanwhile, the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell is visiting Lebanon. DW has the latest.
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Both Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah reported rocket fire on the border, which has seen continued skirmishes since the start of the war. This photo was taken on January 4, showing damage from an earlier explosion in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border.Image: AFPSkip next section What you need to knowWhat you need to knowIsrael said it attacked a “terrorist cell” in Lebanon after some 40 rockets crossed into its territory across its northern border. In Lebanon, Hezbollah said it attacked an Israeli military base
Hezbollah said the strikes were in response to the killing of a Hamas leader in Lebanon earlier in the week
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said that Gaza had become “uninhabitable”
Skip next section IDF and Hezbollah both report strikes across Israel-Lebanon borderJanuary 6, 2024
IDF and Hezbollah both report strikes across Israel-Lebanon borderThe Israel Defense Forces military said on Saturday they targeted a “terrorist cell” in Lebanese territory, from which attacks on Israelhad been launched.
Alerts were activated in the northern area of Israel, the IDF said in a social media statement. Around 40 rockets were launched from Lebanese territory in the north of the country toward the area of Meron.
Meanwhile, Lebanese group Hezbollah said it fired over 60 rockets at an Israeli military base, describing the barrage as an “initial response” to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Beirut earlier in the week.
The Hamas member, Saleh Arouri, died in an alleged Israeli drone strike in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, fuelling further tensions on the disputed Israeli-Lebanese border.
Hezbollah is an Iran-backed political party with a military wing, based in Lebanon. It is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and Germany while the EU lists its armed wing as a terrorist group. Hezbollah has been an official part of successive Lebanese governments.
Hezbollah and Israel regularly trade tit-for-tat rocket attacks over their border but experts considered Tuesday’s drone attack unusual because it happened in a crowded suburb of the Lebanese capital, far from the border. Hezbollah has vowed revenge for the assassination. This has led to further concerns that the Gaza conflict may spark a wider regional war.
https://p.dw.com/p/4avAkSkip next section UN relief chief says Gaza has become ‘uninhabitable’January 6, 2024
UN relief chief says Gaza has become ‘uninhabitable’UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said Friday that “three months since the horrific 7 October attacks, Gaza has become a place of death and despair.”
Griffiths decried the deaths of “tens of thousands of people, mostly women and children” and said “medical facilities are under relentless attack.”
He said a “public health disaster is unfolding,” and warned that “famine is around the corner.”
“Gaza has simply become uninhabitable. Its people are witnessing daily threats to their very existence — while the world watches on,” Griffiths said.
“We continue to demand an immediate end to the war,” Griffiths said, adding that “it is time for the parties to meet all their obligations under international law, including to protect civilians and meet their essential needs, and to release all hostages immediately.”
Hamas carried out terror attacks on Israel on October 7, in which over 1,100 people in southern Israel were killed, and over 200 people were taken hostage. Around half of the hostages are still being held in Gaza. In response, Israel launched a military operation against Hamas in Gaza, as well as instituting a blockade of food, water, power and medicine.
Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by the US, EU, Israel and other governments.
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