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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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Italy’s PM in Beirut, Says Europe Wants a ‘Sustainable Ceasefire’ in Gaza and Lebanon

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (R) shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (L) following a joint press conference at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, 18 October 2024. (EPA)
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (R) shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (L) following a joint press conference at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, 18 October 2024. (EPA)
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Italy’s PM in Beirut, Says Europe Wants a ‘Sustainable Ceasefire’ in Gaza and Lebanon

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (R) shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (L) following a joint press conference at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, 18 October 2024. (EPA)
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (R) shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (L) following a joint press conference at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, 18 October 2024. (EPA)

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said European countries are working for a “sustainable ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

Speaking in Beirut after meeting Friday with her Lebanese counterpart, Najib Mikati, Meloni said European nations also support negotiations for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October last year.

Mikati said “a diplomatic solution should overcome” war that has intensified in recent weeks into an Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon, and that Israel must agree to a ceasefire.

Meloni added that targeting UN peacekeepers deployed along the Lebanon-Israel border is unacceptable and that both sides must “ensure at all times the safety of each of these soldiers.” She stressed that the peacekeepers will be needed in any post-conflict scenario.

Over the past two weeks, UN posts along the border have been subjected to fire that that has wounded at least five peacekeepers.

Meloni said the peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, must be strengthened and that UNIFIL and Lebanese troops should be the only armed forces in the area south of the Litani river along the border with Israel.

According to a 2006 UN Security Council resolution that ended the 34-day Israel-Hezbollah war in 2006, Hezbollah should have no presence in the area along the border with Israel.