Israeli Military Says It Killed Another High-Ranking Hezbollah Official | rssama.com

The Israeli subject said Sunday it killed Nabil Kaouk, different high-ranking Hezbollah official, a time aft nan Lebanese militant group confirmed nan decease of aggregate commanders, including longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah.

This besides came hours aft an Israeli airstrike connected northeast Lebanon killed 11 people. Israel says it’s carrying retired attacks connected Hezbollah targets successful Lebanon.

Meanwhile, nan number of those displaced by nan conflict from confederate Lebanon has much than doubled and now stands astatine much than 211,000, according to nan United Nations.

Hezbollah and Israel person traded near-daily strikes since nan Israel-Hama s warfare started aft nan Palestinian militant group stormed into Israel connected Oct. 7, sparking fears of location war.

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Here is nan latest:

JERUSALEM — The Israeli subject says it has uncovered and dismantled a Hamas passageway successful cardinal Gaza that was complete a kilometer (0.6 miles) long.

It said Sunday that nan passageway ran adjacent residential buildings, and that wrong were respective rooms and instrumentality utilized by militants for prolonged stays.

The subject released footage showing nan entranceway to nan tunnel, a agelong staircase starring down and what appeared to beryllium an robust blast door.

Hamas is believed to person built hundreds of kilometers (miles) of tunnels crossed Gaza to evade Israeli airstrikes. The militants person besides utilized nan tunnels to clasp hostages captured successful nan Oct. 7 onslaught that triggered nan warfare and to motorboat ambushes against Israeli forces.

Israel has announced nan demolition of respective ample tunnels passim nan war.

CAIRO – Egypt’s president says its revenues from nan Suez Canal person dropped by 60%, aliases much than $6 billion, successful caller months arsenic attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels disrupt Red Sea shipping.

President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said during a graduation ceremonial Sunday astatine nan Police Academy successful Cairo.

“The ongoing developments are very superior and could lead to expanding nan conflict’s theater,” he said.

Attacks by nan Iran-backed Houthis person led shipping firms to divert postulation astir nan Red Sea and, by extension, nan Suez Canal linking it to nan Mediterranean.

The Houthis opportunity they are targeting ships linked to Israel, nan United States and Britain successful solidarity pinch nan Palestinians successful Gaza. However, galore of nan targeted vessels person nary relationship to Israel aliases nan war.

In July, Adm. Osama Rabie, president of nan Suez Canal Authority, said nan canal’s yearly revenues dropped to $7.2 cardinal from $9.4 cardinal nan twelvemonth before. He said 20,148 vessels transited done nan canal successful nan fiscal twelvemonth 2023-24, down from 25,911 nan twelvemonth before.

The Israeli subject said it killed Nabil Kaouk, a high-ranking Hezbollah official, successful a onslaught successful a confederate Beirut suburb connected Saturday.

Sunday’s announcement came a time aft Hezbollah confirmed nan sidesplitting of leader Hassan Nasrallah. There was nary contiguous remark from nan Lebanese militant group.

Kaouk is nan lawman caput of Hezbollah’s Central Council. He besides served arsenic Hezbollah’s subject commandant successful southbound Lebanon from 1995 until 2010.

In 2020, nan U.S. Treasury sanctioned Kaouk and different personnel of Hezbollah’s council, Hassan al-Baghdadi.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinian officials opportunity Israeli strikes person killed astatine slightest 4 group successful nan Gaza Strip.

Two group were killed successful abstracted strikes early Sunday successful nan built-up Nuseirat exile campy successful cardinal Gaza. That’s according to nan adjacent Awda Hospital, which received nan bodies. It said different six group were wounded.

In bluish Gaza, first responders recovered 2 bodies aft a onslaught connected a location early Sunday, according to nan Civil Defense, which operates nether nan Hamas-run government.

The Gaza Health Ministry says complete 41,000 Palestinians person been killed successful nan Israel-Hamas war, much than half of them women and children. It does not opportunity really galore of those killed were militants. Israel says it has killed complete 17,000 fighters, without providing evidence.

The warfare began erstwhile Hamas-led militants stormed into confederate Israel connected Oct. 7, sidesplitting immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking astir 250 hostage. Around 100 captives are still being held successful Gaza, a 3rd of whom are believed to beryllium dead.

DAMASCUS, Syria — A number of militants were killed and wounded successful eastbound Syria early Sunday adjacent a strategical separator crossing pinch Iraq successful evident airstrikes, pro-government media and an guidance warfare show reported.

Pan-Arab tv web Al-Mayadeen cited unnamed sources saying that astatine slightest 8 Syrians were killed successful nan onslaught by nan Bou Kamal crossing successful Israeli airstrikes.

It was unclear really they confirmed Israeli jets were down nan strikes.

Meanwhile, Britain-based guidance warfare show nan Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 5 airstrikes killed astatine slightest 15 militants, among them leaders, and wounded astatine slightest 20 others. The Observatory said nan strikes targeted office and warehouses successful nan metropolis of Deir al-Zour and surrounding towns.

Pro-government power position Sham FM said that anterior to nan blasts heard successful Deir al-Zour, explosions were heard astatine a U.S. subject guidelines successful northeastern Syria pursuing rocket and drone attacks.

None of nan reports could beryllium independently verified.

The U.S. military’s Central Command, which has launched airstrikes connected Iranian subject unit and Tehran-backed militant groups successful Syria’s eastbound Deir al-Zour province, didn’t instantly return a petition for comment.

The Israeli subject doesn’t usually admit its onslaught connected Syria. However, erstwhile it does so, it says it targets Iran-backed militants.

BEIRUT — Hundreds of thousands of group successful Lebanon person been displaced from nan ongoing conflict betwixt Hezbollah and Israel, a Lebanese furniture curate spearheading nan country’s emergency consequence said.

Environment Minister Nasser Yassin said nan authorities estimates that astir 250,000 group person near their homes and taken refuge successful government-run shelters and informal ones. However, he told nan Associated Press nan full number is astir “four times arsenic galore straight affected and/or displaced extracurricular nan shelters.”

The United Nations said that arsenic of Friday, 211,319 group were forced to relocate, and that was earlier immoderate intensive Israeli airstrikes complete Beirut’s confederate suburbs successful caller days.

The Lebanese authorities has converted schools and different accommodation into impermanent shelters. Still, galore are sleeping connected nan streets aliases successful nationalist squares, arsenic nan authorities and non-governmental organizations effort to find them places to stay.

TEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of group person gathered crossed Iran to protestation nan sidesplitting of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah successful an Israeli airstrike.

State TV aired footage of protests successful respective awesome cities connected Sunday. At Iran’s parliament, lawmakers chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”

Iran helped found Hezbollah successful nan 1980s and has provided nan Lebanese militant group pinch blase weaponry and training.

The airstrike that killed Nasrallah connected Friday besides killed Gen. Abbas Nilforushan, a elder serviceman successful Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The Guard officially confirmed Nilforushan’s decease connected its website Sunday, aft it had been wide reported successful authorities media nan time before.

BEIRUT — In its first connection since nan caller escalation pinch Israel and pursuing nan sidesplitting of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanon’s subject called for calm among nan Lebanese “at this vulnerable and delicate stage.”

Government officials fearfulness that nan country’s heavy governmental divisions astatine a clip of warfare could rekindle sectarian strife and unit successful nan mini Mediterranean country.

“The Israeli force is moving to instrumentality its destructive plans and dispersed section among nan Lebanese,” nan subject said.

Military vehicles person been deployed successful different parts of nan superior arsenic thousands of displaced group proceed moving from nan southbound to Beirut.

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s authorities news agency says an Israeli airstrike early Sunday connected a colony successful northeast Lebanon destroyed a home, sidesplitting 11 people.

Six of nan bodies were recovered from nether nan rubble arsenic nan hunt continued for nan remaining 5 successful nan colony of al-Ain, reported National News Agency.

In confederate Lebanon, nan Islamic Risala Scout Association said 5 of its members were killed while performing their duties. It said 4 of nan men killed were from nan confederate colony of Tayr Debba while nan 5th was from adjacent Kabrikha.

More than 700 group person been killed successful Lebanon since Sept. 23 erstwhile Israel intensified its airstrikes astir nan state forcing tens of thousands to fly their homes successful southbound Lebanon, nan eastbound Bekaa Valley and Beirut’s confederate suburb known arsenic Dahiyeh.

AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s subject says a Grad rocket fired from Lebanon fell successful an unfastened area without causing casualties aliases damage.

The rocket was apt fired astatine Israel by Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group, which has intensified its rocket attacks aft its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed successful an Israeli airstrike connected Friday.

Jordan and Israel, which stock borders, signed a bid treaty successful 1994. The Western-allied Arab state besides helped intercept missiles fired astatine Israel by Iran successful April.

Jordan has been fiercely captious of Israel’s policies toward nan Palestinians and has many times called for a cease-fire successful Gaza. It has besides said it will not let its territory to go a battlefield arsenic tensions equine betwixt Israel and Iran.

CAIRO — Egypt’s president warned that Israeli subject operations successful nan Palestinian territories and Lebanon are pushing nan region to nan brink and called for world action.

Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, 1 of nan mediators betwixt Israel and Hamas, called for “an contiguous and broad cease-fire” successful some Gaza and Lebanon amid an unprecedented escalation betwixt Israel and Hezbollah. His remarks came aft Hassan Nasrallah, nan leader of Hezbollah, was killed successful an Israeli airstrike.

El-Sissi’s comments came successful a telephone telephone precocious Saturday pinch Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, according to a connection from nan Egyptian president’s office. He besides gave orders to nonstop aesculapian and humanitarian assistance to Lebanon immediately.

Along pinch nan United States and Qatar, Egypt has for months spearheaded negotiations betwixt Israel and Hamas to extremity nan warfare successful Gaza. But negotiations person many times stalled amid mounting fearfulness of an all-out warfare betwixt Israel and Hezbollah, an state of Hamas. Diplomats spot a cease-fire successful Gaza arsenic nan champion measurement to avert a location war.