LEBANON BORDER FLARE UP
The Gaza conflict started after Hamas’s unprecedented Oct 7 assault on southern Israel, which resulted within the deaths of 1,194 individuals, principally civilians, in keeping with an AFP tally based mostly on Israeli official figures.
The militants additionally seized 251 hostages. Of those, 116 stay in Gaza, though the military says 41 are useless.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at the least 37,296 individuals in Gaza, additionally principally civilians, in keeping with the well being ministry within the Hamas-ruled territory.
Fears of the conflict spilling over right into a broader Center East battle have been rekindled in latest days by an escalation of tit-for-tat violence between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, a Hamas ally.
Hezbollah stated intense strikes since Wednesday had been retaliation for Israel’s killing of considered one of its commanders.
Israeli forces responded with shelling, the army stated, additionally saying air strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure throughout the border.
The 2 high UN officers in Lebanon referred to as on all sides to stop hearth. “The hazard of miscalculation resulting in a sudden and wider battle could be very actual,” they stated in a joint assertion.