Hezbollah and Israel have traded fire almost daily in the year since the war in Gaza began, and fighting has escalated

A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others Sunday (October 13, 2024), the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched  its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago. The Lebanon-based Hezbollah called the attack near Binyamina city in retaliation for Israeli strikes on Beirut on Monday   October 14 that killed 22 people.

Inside Gaza, an Israeli airstrike killed at least 20 people including children at a school Sunday night, according to two local hospitals. 

Israel is now at war with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon — both Iran-backed militant groups — and is expected to strike Iran in retaliation for a missile attack earlier this month. Iran has said it will respond to any Israeli attack

• October 14, 2024 09:31Move peacekeepers in Lebanon out of ‘harm’s way’, Netanyahu tells UNOn a day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the United Nations (UN) chief to move peacekeepers deployed in south Lebanon out of “harm’s way”, saying the Hezbollah used them as “human shields”, Iran’s Foreign Minister vowed that there would be “no red lines” for the country in defending its people and interests, even as Iran awaits Israel’s response to the October 1 missile attack. Mr. Netanyahu’s appeal to UN chief Antonio Guterres came a day after the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) refused to withdraw from the border area despite five of its members being injured amid recent fighting. “Mr. Secretary General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way. It should be done right now, immediately,” he said in a video statement.Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, on a visit to Baghdad to discuss the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, wrote on X, “While we have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region, I say it clearly that we have no red lines in defending our people and interests.” Read the full story here.
• October 14, 2024 08:55Israeli tanks destroy gate at Lebanon U.N. peace missionIsraeli tanks destroy gate at Lebanon U.N. peace missionUNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon targeted by IDF tanks, prompting calls for withdrawal by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
• October 14, 2024 08:29U.S. Defense Secretary spoke to Israeli counterpart, reinforced importance of UN peacekeepers’ safety in LebanonU.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, in a call with his Israeli counterpart on Sunday, stressed the importance of Israel taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety and security of U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon and the Lebanese Armed Forces, the Pentagon said. Mr. Austin, in the call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, also reinforced the need to pivot from military operations in Lebanon to a diplomatic pathway to provide security for civilians as soon as feasible.He said that steps must be taken soon to address the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, Pentagon spokesperson Major General Patrick Ryder said in the statement.Reuters
• October 14, 2024 07:38Israel’s military says four soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army baseA Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others Sunday, the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago.
• The military statement came shortly after Israel’s national rescue service said the drone attack wounded 61 people. eli tanks destroy gate at Lebanon U.N. peace missionUNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon targeted by IDF tanks, prompting calls for withdrawal by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Israel’s military says four soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah drone attack on an army base

The military statement came shortly after Israel’s national rescue service said the drone attack wounded 61 people

A military ambulance drives near the scene where a drone from Lebanon attacked Israel, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, at Binyamina Israel, on October 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters

A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others Sunday October 13 , the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago.

The military statement came shortly after Israel’s national rescue service said the drone attack wounded 61 people.