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Israeli Military Says It Killed Two Attackers Crossing from Jordan

Israeli soldiers monitor the border with Jordan (archive photo - Israeli army).
Israeli soldiers monitor the border with Jordan (archive photo - Israeli army).
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Israeli Military Says It Killed Two Attackers Crossing from Jordan

Israeli soldiers monitor the border with Jordan (archive photo - Israeli army).
Israeli soldiers monitor the border with Jordan (archive photo - Israeli army).

The Israeli military said its forces have “neutralized” attackers crossing from Jordan into Israel south of the Dead Sea region and neutralized two of them after they opened fire on Israeli forces, the Israeli army said in a statement on Friday.
Israeli military often uses the term "neutralization" to indicate that attackers have been killed, but it can also refer to their arrest or injuries, meaning they are no longer capable of causing harm.
Avichai Adraee, the spokesperson for the Israeli army, stated in a post on the X platform that the military forces "recently spotted a number of assailants who crossed from Jordan into Israeli territory south of the Dead Sea. The forces rushed to the location and managed to neutralize two assailants who opened fire at them".

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UNIFIL Vows to Stay in Lebanon Despite Several 'Deliberate' Israeli Attacks

UNIFIL Vows to Stay in Lebanon Despite Several 'Deliberate' Israeli Attacks
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UNIFIL Vows to Stay in Lebanon Despite Several 'Deliberate' Israeli Attacks

UNIFIL Vows to Stay in Lebanon Despite Several 'Deliberate' Israeli Attacks

A UNIFIL peacekeeping mission spokesperson on Friday denounced several direct, deliberate attacks by Israeli forces in recent days and said it had found evidence of the possible use of white phosphorous near one of its bases.
"We need to stay, they asked us to move," Reuters quoted UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti as saying by video link from Beirut.
"The devastation and destruction of many villages along the Blue Line, and even beyond, is shocking," he said, referring to a UN-mapped line separating Lebanon from Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Asked about the downing of a drone near its ship off the Lebanese coast on Thursday, he said: "The drone was coming from the south but circling around the ship and getting very, very close, a few meters away from the ship."
According to Tenenti, an investigation several months ago had detected "a trace of the possible use of white phosphorous" by the Israeli army close to a UNIFIL base. He added that the UN Security Council was aware of the case.
White phosphorus munitions are not banned as a chemical weapon and their use - usually to make smoke screens, mark targets or burn buildings - by the Israeli military is documented.
However, since they can cause serious burns and start fires, international conventions prohibit their use against military targets located among civilians.