Military Escalation in South Lebanon

Smoke rises following Israeli strikes on Tuesday on the village of Marwahin in southern Lebanon (AFP)
Smoke rises following Israeli strikes on Tuesday on the village of Marwahin in southern Lebanon (AFP)
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Military Escalation in South Lebanon

Smoke rises following Israeli strikes on Tuesday on the village of Marwahin in southern Lebanon (AFP)
Smoke rises following Israeli strikes on Tuesday on the village of Marwahin in southern Lebanon (AFP)

The southern border of Lebanon witnessed on Tuesday a clear military escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, which analysts say could pave the way for an expansion of the war between the two sides.

The Israeli Jerusalem Post newspaper said that a drone exploded in Ramim Ridge in Israel's North, injuring seven.

The injured were all brought to the Galilee Medical Center, which reported that they sustained shrapnel injuries or head injuries, it added.

Meanwhile, The Times of Israel said nine Israeli soldiers were wounded, one seriously, in an anti-tank guided missile attack in northern Israel on Tuesday, while evacuating a civilian who had been injured in an earlier Hezbollah attack on a church.

Hezbollah’s Al-Manar channel said Israeli media described the situation on the border with Lebanon as “difficult” after the party carried out a number of operations that left several casualties.

On Tuesday, Hezbollah did not announce any casualties in its ranks. It said two civilians were wounded in southern Lebanon.

In separate statements, the Lebanese party said it launched an aerial attack on a newly established command headquarters near Kiryat Shmona with a combat drone and inflicting confirmed casualties.

Hezbollah’s fighters also fired missiles at the Zibdin barracks, and targeted the monitoring room near the Shomera barracks with appropriate weapons, achieving direct hits and causing casualties among their personnel.

The fighters targeted the deployment of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Ramya site, achieving direct hits, in addition to a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of Doviv Barracks, killing several of them.

A Hezbollah statement also said its fighters killed or injured a gathering of Israeli soldiers at Al-Raheb site.

According to military experts, the escalation at the South Lebanon front could lead to an expansion of the war between the two sides.



Arab League Secretary General Condemns Israeli Statements on West Bank Sovereignty

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit meets with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit meets with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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Arab League Secretary General Condemns Israeli Statements on West Bank Sovereignty

Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit meets with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit meets with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit strongly condemned the extremist remarks made by an Israeli official regarding extending Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, the Saudi Press Agency said on Wednesday.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Aboul Gheit urged the international community to take a stand against this radical attitude, emphasizing that it only leads to heightened tensions in the region and incites further extremism and violence.
He said that such statements attest to Israel's total disregard for international law, which recognizes the West Bank as an occupied territory that cannot be annexed or subjected to Israeli sovereignty, and considers settlements illegal.
Aboul Gheit further stressed that such statements expose the true nature of the extremist settler government in Israel, which is an occupying force, and reveal its actual agenda, which is to undermine the Palestinian cause through its policies, including the annexation of occupied territory.
The Extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit held in Riyadh, he added, approved several mechanisms and action plans to counter the Israeli agenda, which has now become evident as solely aimed at undermining any genuine opportunity to arrive at the two-state solution, a goal supported by the entire international community.