Upswing in violence on Israel-Lebanon border • FRANCE 24 English

Well there’s been a distinct upswing in violence on the uh Israeli Lebanon border to the north over the last couple of days leaving tension remarkably High we’ve seen uh barrages of rockets uh along the border on Wednesday particularly in uh rash hanika and kirat schona uh with a launch of suicide

Drones as well towards Israeli positions in the Goan Heights now most of these Rockets were taken out by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system uh with others left to land in open areas causing no damage uh Israel rapidly responded with air strikes and artillery taking out the

Sights of the launch uh but they’ve also been hitting other targets uh from Hezbollah in Lebanon now the Hezbollah militant group is an Iranian Ally It’s escalated its activity on the northern border ever since the death on Christmas day of an Iranian revolutionary guards General who was uh who was in Syria at

The time he was killed in an air strike uh on Christmas Day and uh Iran has been vowing not just Revenge but direct action now the uh northern border communities have been evacuated for weeks now tens of thousands have been moved down south to safety leaving the

Zone but uh given the the daily threat that is there uh the Israeli military has been saying that uh their first task is to get those people back home but not until such time as security has returned and it can be made safe and at that

Point uh we can say that uh it’s going to take quite some time to ensure that security can turn

The border between Lebanon and Israel has seen escalating exchanges of fire, mainly between the Israeli army and Hamas ally Hezbollah, since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7, raising fears of a broader conflagration. “There has been a distinct upswing in violence on the border,” says FRANCE 24 journalist Luke Shrago, reporting from the ground in Tel Aviv.
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6 comments

  5. What the idf did:

    1- defeated on the 7th October

    2- showed there lies to the world (including Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza and the bombing of the Baptist Hospital)

    3- > 1,500 Soldiers killed, >1,500 soldiers critical injuries and >1,500 major injuries

    4- No captured soldiers has return alive

    5- Bombing Civilians in Gaza with thousands of war crimes filled

    6- collapse of the economy by re-establishing transit ports

    7- termination of >75% commercial contracts

    8- showing the strategic inventories

    9- uncovering buffer zones

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