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In First, Lebanese Resistance Brigades Join Military Operations against Israel in the South

Family and the wife of Israeli reservist Master Sgt. Valeri Chefonov gather around his grave during his funeral at the military cemetery in Netanya, Israel, on Friday, July 12, 2024. Chefonov, 33, was killed, in northern Israel on Thursday in an explosive drone attack from Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Family and the wife of Israeli reservist Master Sgt. Valeri Chefonov gather around his grave during his funeral at the military cemetery in Netanya, Israel, on Friday, July 12, 2024. Chefonov, 33, was killed, in northern Israel on Thursday in an explosive drone attack from Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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In First, Lebanese Resistance Brigades Join Military Operations against Israel in the South

Family and the wife of Israeli reservist Master Sgt. Valeri Chefonov gather around his grave during his funeral at the military cemetery in Netanya, Israel, on Friday, July 12, 2024. Chefonov, 33, was killed, in northern Israel on Thursday in an explosive drone attack from Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Family and the wife of Israeli reservist Master Sgt. Valeri Chefonov gather around his grave during his funeral at the military cemetery in Netanya, Israel, on Friday, July 12, 2024. Chefonov, 33, was killed, in northern Israel on Thursday in an explosive drone attack from Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

The Lebanese Resistance Brigades, a Lebanese paramilitary group affiliated with Hezbollah, claimed responsibility on Saturday for a military operation against Israel in southern Lebanon.
The announcement is the first for the group, founded by Hezbollah in 1997, since the Israeli war on Gaza. The group includes volunteer fighters from different sects in Lebanon.
According to a statement issued by the Brigades on Friday, it began its engagement in the war by shelling with rockets the Israeli 'Rweisat al-Qarn' site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms, scoring a “direct hit”, it said.
Hezbollah and Israel have been trading near daily exchanges of fire since the Israel-Hamas war broke out last year.
Hezbollah says it is striking Israel in solidarity with Hamas, another Iran-allied group that ignited the war in Gaza with its Oct. 7 attack into southern Israel. The group’s leadership says it will stop its attacks once there is a cease-fire in Gaza, and that while it does not want war, it is ready for one.
Diplomatic talks to end the confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah have failed so far.
Hezbollah and the Lebanese government rejected Israel’s demands to evacuate the border area in Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters.
The parliamentary bloc of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, an ally of Hezbollah, made that clear by welcoming any international efforts aiming at quelling Israel’s aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
The bloc affirmed “rejection of discussions regarding the establishment of buffer zones on Lebanon’s sovereign territory, whether in southern Lebanon or in its north."
Meanwhile cross-border fire continues in south Lebanon. A Lebanese army vehicle of type 'Humvee' came under Israeli machine gun fire from the village of Ghajar near Wazzani.
Reports said the vehicle was directly hit with four bullets. However, the personnel miraculously escaped unharmed from this attack.

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Yemen Urges Aid for Tihamah Residents After Deadly Floods

Massive losses have been inflicted on the people of Tihamah in Yemen due to the floods, affecting lives, property, and agricultural lands (X)
Massive losses have been inflicted on the people of Tihamah in Yemen due to the floods, affecting lives, property, and agricultural lands (X)
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Yemen Urges Aid for Tihamah Residents After Deadly Floods

Massive losses have been inflicted on the people of Tihamah in Yemen due to the floods, affecting lives, property, and agricultural lands (X)
Massive losses have been inflicted on the people of Tihamah in Yemen due to the floods, affecting lives, property, and agricultural lands (X)

Yemen’s Tihamah region on the Red Sea coast is facing a severe crisis after days of heavy rain caused deadly flash floods. The disaster has killed at least 45 people, with many more missing. The situation is dire, with little to no relief efforts reaching those in need.
The Yemeni government has called for urgent help to aid the residents of the region, which includes Hodeidah province and parts of Hajjah, Al Mahwit, Raymah, and Taiz.
The government has accused the Houthi group of controlling the region’s resources, such as ports and farmland, without offering any assistance to those affected by the floods.
With statistics hard to come by, estimates suggest that over 100 people are missing and more than 500 homes have been damaged in varying degrees. Thousands of families, many living in mud or straw houses, have been displaced. Social media is flooded with images and videos revealing the scale of the disaster.
Local sources in the affected areas told Asharq Al-Awsat that dozens are missing, with some estimating the number could exceed 100 due to the breakdown in communication and road closures.
The Yemeni government has urgently called on UN and international organizations to provide immediate aid to those impacted by the floods.
Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, after speaking with ministers and local officials, received initial reports on the flood damage and called for urgent international support to deliver emergency humanitarian aid.
Ali Hamid Al-Ahdal, the media officer for Hodeidah province, told Asharq Al-Awsat that most of the flood victims are in areas controlled by the Houthis. He called on international and local organizations, as well as charities, to quickly provide aid.
Al-Ahdal accused the Houthis of making the situation worse by constructing large barriers and military trenches in flood zones, which caused the water to overflow into homes, farms, and other properties.
He also warned residents to stay indoors to avoid landmines that the floods have swept from fields into roads and farmlands. Al-Ahdal urged the immediate reopening of the road between Hays and Al-Jarrahi, which the Houthis have blocked.
Social media images and videos show dozens of landmines that were dislodged by the floods, now posing a serious threat to residents and their livestock. These mines had been hidden in fields that the Houthis refused to disclose for years.