Israel Says Hit Around 10 Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon, Killed One Fighter

A picture taken from the outskirts of south Lebanon's village of Aitaroun shows smoke billowing after a raid carried out by Israeli warplanes on December 17, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
A picture taken from the outskirts of south Lebanon's village of Aitaroun shows smoke billowing after a raid carried out by Israeli warplanes on December 17, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
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Israel Says Hit Around 10 Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon, Killed One Fighter

A picture taken from the outskirts of south Lebanon's village of Aitaroun shows smoke billowing after a raid carried out by Israeli warplanes on December 17, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
A picture taken from the outskirts of south Lebanon's village of Aitaroun shows smoke billowing after a raid carried out by Israeli warplanes on December 17, 2023. (Photo by AFP)

The Israeli army said Tuesday it had struck around 10 Hezbollah targets overnight in seven different areas of south Lebanon, killing one fighter from the Iran-backed militant group.

The army also "struck a Hezbollah weapons storage facility, terror infrastructure sites, military structures and a launcher in southern Lebanon", the army said, AFP reported.

The strikes came after a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a Druze Arab town in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Saturday and killed 12 children aged between 10 and 16.

On a visit to Majdal Shams on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Israel would deliver a "severe response" to the strike.

Israel says the rocket that killed the children was an Iranian-made Falaq and was fired by its ally Hezbollah.

Hezbollah has denied responsibility for firing the rocket though it claimed multiple launches towards Israel on Saturday.

Israeli forces and Hezbollah have been engaged in near-daily clashes along the border since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7.

The violence has so far killed 22 soldiers and 24 civilians on the Israeli side, including in the Golan, according to army figures.

 

 



Sudan Says it Conditionally Accepts Invitation to US-Sponsored Peace Talks

 A displaced Sudanese woman walks next to a flooded street, following a heavy rainfall in Kassala, Sudan, July 26, 2024. (Reuters)
A displaced Sudanese woman walks next to a flooded street, following a heavy rainfall in Kassala, Sudan, July 26, 2024. (Reuters)
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Sudan Says it Conditionally Accepts Invitation to US-Sponsored Peace Talks

 A displaced Sudanese woman walks next to a flooded street, following a heavy rainfall in Kassala, Sudan, July 26, 2024. (Reuters)
A displaced Sudanese woman walks next to a flooded street, following a heavy rainfall in Kassala, Sudan, July 26, 2024. (Reuters)

Sudan's government has conditionally accepted an invitation to attend US-sponsored peace talks in Geneva, the Sudanese foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Sudan has asked for a meeting with US officials to prepare for the peace negotiations, the statement added.

More than 10 million people have been displaced by fighting between Sudan's national army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that erupted in April 2023, in what the United Nations says is the world's largest humanitarian crisis.