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Israeli Strike Targets Hezbollah Arms Depot in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Security Sources Say

Smoke rises from Kfar Hamam, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjeyoun, near the border with Israel, Lebanon August 17, 2024. (Reuters)
Smoke rises from Kfar Hamam, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjeyoun, near the border with Israel, Lebanon August 17, 2024. (Reuters)
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Israeli Strike Targets Hezbollah Arms Depot in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Security Sources Say

Smoke rises from Kfar Hamam, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjeyoun, near the border with Israel, Lebanon August 17, 2024. (Reuters)
Smoke rises from Kfar Hamam, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjeyoun, near the border with Israel, Lebanon August 17, 2024. (Reuters)

An Israeli strike on Monday evening targeted a Hezbollah arms depot in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, two security sources told Reuters.

Hezbollah and other armed groups in Lebanon have been trading fire with Israel in parallel with the Gaza war.

Israeli strikes for the last 10 months have regularly targeted Hezbollah fighters and rocket launch sites, but strikes on arms depots have been more rare.

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Hamas, Islamic Jihad Claim Responsibility for Bomb Blast in Tel Aviv 

Israeli security and emergency responders work at the site of a bomb blast in Tel Aviv, Israel August 18, 2024. (Reuters)
Israeli security and emergency responders work at the site of a bomb blast in Tel Aviv, Israel August 18, 2024. (Reuters)
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Hamas, Islamic Jihad Claim Responsibility for Bomb Blast in Tel Aviv 

Israeli security and emergency responders work at the site of a bomb blast in Tel Aviv, Israel August 18, 2024. (Reuters)
Israeli security and emergency responders work at the site of a bomb blast in Tel Aviv, Israel August 18, 2024. (Reuters)

The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as a terrorist attack.

A man who was carrying the bomb was killed and a passerby was injured in the incident late on Sunday, according to police at the scene.

In their statement the Brigades added that their "martyrdom operations" inside Israel would return to the forefront as long as the "occupation's massacres and assassination policy continue" - an allusion to Israel's offensive in Gaza and the July 31 killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

Israel has neither claimed nor denied responsibility for Haniyeh's death in the Iranian capital.

The war in Gaza began on Oct. 7 last year when Hamas gunmen stormed across the border into Israeli communities, killing around 1,200 people and abducting about 250 hostages according to Israeli tallies.

Israel's military campaign has since levelled wide swathes of the Gaza Strip and killed at least 40,000 people, according to the enclave's health authorities.

Sunday's explosion in Tel Aviv came about an hour after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv to push for a ceasefire in Gaza to end the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas.

There has been increased urgency to reach a ceasefire deal amid fears of an escalation across the wider region. Iran has threatened to retaliate against Israel after the assassination of Haniyeh.