Iran Warns About Any New 'Israeli Adventure' in Lebanon

A damaged gate and debris are seen at a football pitch after a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-annexed Golan area on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
A damaged gate and debris are seen at a football pitch after a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-annexed Golan area on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
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Iran Warns About Any New 'Israeli Adventure' in Lebanon

A damaged gate and debris are seen at a football pitch after a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-annexed Golan area on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
A damaged gate and debris are seen at a football pitch after a reported strike from Lebanon fell in Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-annexed Golan area on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)

Iran warned Israel on Sunday against what it called any "new adventure" in Lebanon, in a statement issued by foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani.

Israeli authorities blamed Iran-backed Hezbollah for a rocket attack that hit a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, killing 12 people on Saturday, and vowed to inflict a heavy response. Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the strike.

Israeli aircraft carried out attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon overnight, the Israeli military said on Sunday, after the rocket that was fired at the soccer pitch.

The Israeli ambulance service said 13 more people were wounded by the rocket that hit the pitch which was filled at the time with children and teenagers.

"Overnight, the IAF struck a series of Hezbollah terror targets both deep inside Lebanese territory and in southern Lebanon, including weapons caches and terrorist infrastructure in the areas of Chabriha, Borj El Chmali, and Bekaa, Kfarkila, Rab El Thalathine, Khiam, and Tayr Harfa," the Israeli military said.



Israeli Forces Advance in South Gaza as Death Toll Rises, More People Are Displaced

Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli strike on the Khadija school housing displaced people in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli strike on the Khadija school housing displaced people in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
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Israeli Forces Advance in South Gaza as Death Toll Rises, More People Are Displaced

Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli strike on the Khadija school housing displaced people in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli strike on the Khadija school housing displaced people in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

Israeli forces sent tanks deeper into areas in the Gaza Strip's south on Sunday as fighting with Hamas-led militants raged, and Gaza health officials said Israeli military strikes had killed 66 Palestinians across the enclave in the past 24 hours.

Tanks pushed deeper into the three towns of Al-Karara, Al-Zanna, and Bani Suhaila, in the east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, and medics said at least nine Palestinians were killed earlier on Sunday by Israeli military strikes in those areas.

Residents said fierce fighting could be heard in eastern areas of Khan Younis where the army was operating. The new incursions caused thousands more families to leave their homes and head to overcrowded areas in Al-Mawasi to the west, and north to Deir Al-Balah.

Over the past few days, Israel's military said the raid in eastern Khan Younis was in response to renewed attacks, including rocket firing, from those areas and to prevent Hamas from regrouping. It said forces killed dozens of militants in the area and destroyed military infrastructure.

Meanwhile, in Rafah, near the border with Egypt, Israeli forces advanced deeper into the northern parts of the city, where they have yet to take full control.

Tanks also shelled some areas in the central Gaza Strip including Bureij camp, Nuseirat camp and the Juhr El-Deek village.

At least 39,324 Palestinians have been killed and 90,830 others injured in Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, a statement from Gaza's health ministry said on Sunday.