{"id":115663,"date":"2024-10-18T19:08:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115663"},"modified":"2024-10-18T19:08:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:08:03","slug":"middle-east-latest-hezbollah-says-its-war-with-israel-is-entering-a-new-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115663","title":{"rendered":"Middle East latest: Hezbollah says its war with Israel is entering a new phase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah militant group said Friday it is entering a new phase in its fight against invading Israeli troops, as the region continued to reckon with Israel\u2019s claim that <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-sinwar-leader-2963dbc6e8ef040a00e588488cba33e7\">top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar<\/a><\/span> has been killed <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-lebanon-hezbollah-news-10-17-2024-d12ca71945313e601cf10876072f4182\">in a battle with Israeli forces<\/a><\/span> in Gaza the previous day. <\/p>\n<p>Hamas has still not responded to the Israeli announcement, but its ally Iran released a statement commemorating the Palestinian militant leader via its mission to the United Nations. Sinwar was a chief architect of the attack on southern Israel that precipitated the latest escalating conflicts in the Middle East. <\/p>\n<p>Many, from the governments of Israeli allies to exhausted residents of Gaza, expressed hope that Sinwar\u2019s death would <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sinwar-death-israel-hamas-hostages-gaza-170b010299a62f679fe5ee7324a69ff5\">pave the way<\/a><\/span> for an end to the war, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech announcing the killing that \u201cOur war is not yet ended.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-hamas-war-one-year-anniversary-cf123f95609051e8e8eaf6aebe661b6a\">On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants<\/a><\/span> blew holes in Israel\u2019s security fence and stormed in, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting another 250. Israel\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/israel-hamas-war\">offensive in Gaza<\/a><\/span> has killed over 42,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who do not distinguish combatants from civilians. The war <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ap.org\/news-highlights\/spotlights\/2024\/gaza-is-in-ruins-after-israels-yearlong-offensive-rebuilding-may-take-decades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has destroyed large areas of Gaza<\/a><\/span> and displaced about 90% of its population of 2.3 million people.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Here\u2019s the latest:<\/p>\n<h2>UN peacekeepers stick to their positions in southern Lebanon <\/h2>\n<p>GENEVA \u2014 Forces in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon are maintaining their positions despite \u201cdemands\u201d to move from the Israeli Defense Forces, a spokesperson said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Tenenti of UNIFIL, the interim force in Lebanon, says a \u201cunanimous\u201d decision was taken by its 50 troop-contributing countries and the U.N. Security Council to hold its positions and continue efforts to monitor the conflict and ensure aid gets to civilians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IDF has repeatedly targeted our positions, endangering the safety of our troops, in addition to Hezbollah launching rockets toward Israel from near our positions, which also puts our peacekeepers in danger,\u201d he told a U.N. news briefing in Geneva by video.<\/p>\n<p>Tenenti said deteriorating security in recent weeks in the fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli forces had forced UNIFIL \u2014 which has some 10,000 personnel \u2014 to suspend most, but not all, of its patrols near the \u201cblue line\u201d boundary along the Lebanon-Israel border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing at the moment hundreds of trajectories, and sometimes more, crossing the blue line each day, forcing our peacekeepers to spend extended hours in shelters to ensure their safety, which remains our top priority,\u201d he said from Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>Tenenti said UNIFIL was maintaining its positions \u201cdespite IDF demands to move from positions close to the blue line.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Israeli soldiers wounded and two militants killed in exchange of fire south of the Dead Sea <\/h2>\n<p>JERUSALEM \u2014 Israel\u2019s military said that two soldiers were injured in a gunfight with militants from Jordan who crossed into Israel Friday.<\/p>\n<p>At least two militants crossed into Israeli territory south of the Dead Sea Friday morning, before being shot dead by Israeli troops. The two soldiers were injured during the exchanges of fire, the military said. It added that troops were searching the area for another militant who may have infiltrated.<\/p>\n<p>The identities of those who crossed the border remained unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas praised the incursion but did not claim responsibility, calling it an \u201cimportant development\u201d in the war in Gaza and a \u201cnatural response\u201d to the \u201cbrutal crimes of the occupation against our Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement was one of the first public comments by Hamas since Israel killed its leader, Yahya Sinwar, Thursday in Gaza.<\/p>\n<h2>Hamas indirectly admits that its leader Sinwar was killed<\/h2>\n<p>BEIRUT \u2014 A statement issued by one of Hamas\u2019 political leaders abroad Friday tacitly \u2014 but not directly \u2014 confirmed the death of the group\u2019s leader, Yahya Sinwar, in Gaza, and said that Israel is mistaken if it \u201cbelieves that killing our leaders means the end of our movement and the struggle of the Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim said that past leaders in the organization had also been killed and \u201cHamas each time became stronger and more popular, and these leaders became an icon for future generations to continue the journey towards a free Palestine.\u201d He added that it is \u201cpainful and distressing to lose beloved people, especially extraordinary leaders\u201d but that the Palestinian militant group is sure it will be \u201ceventually victorious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the statement was a confirmation of Sinwar\u2019s death, Naim said it was not.<\/p>\n<h2>Israel says it killed 2 militants who entered south Israel from Jordan<\/h2>\n<p>JERUSALEM \u2014 Israel\u2019s military said Friday that its forces killed two militants who crossed into south Israel from neighboring Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>The militants entered Israeli territory south of the Dead Sea, the military said.<\/p>\n<p>Such infiltrations into Israeli territory are relatively rare, especially as Israel has ramped up border security since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, when militants from Gaza stormed southern Israel and killed around 1,200 people.<\/p>\n<h2>Israeli prosecutors to indict East Jerusalem man police say was planning to attack protest<\/h2>\n<p>JERUSALEM \u2014 Israeli prosecutors are set to indict a Palestinian from East Jerusalem on Friday who police say planned to carry out an attack on a hostage protest in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Friday, the police and Israel\u2019s Shin Bet security agency said the man was a supporter of Hamas and other militant groups, and planned to carry out multiple attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers in retribution for Israel\u2019s offensive in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The man had not yet acquired a weapon or explosives to carry out any of the attacks, the police said, adding that he was planning to attack a protest calling for the return of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Such protests occur weekly in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<h2>Hezbollah says its war with Israel is entering \u2018new phase\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>BEIRUT \u2014 Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah militant group says it is entering a new phase in its fight against invading Israeli troops, adding that it has introduced new weapons over the past days.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the group\u2019s operations room early Friday said that Hezbollah\u2019s fighters have used new types of precision-guided missiles and explosive drones for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The statement appears to refer to a drone laden with explosives that evaded Israel\u2019s multilayered air-defense system and slammed into a mess hall at a military training camp deep inside Israel, killing four soldiers and wounding dozens.<\/p>\n<p>The group also announced earlier this week that it fired a new type of missile called Qader 2 toward the suburbs of Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also said that Hezbollah\u2019s air defense units shot down this week two Israeli Hermes 450 drones.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah said its fighters are working according to \u201cplans prepared in advance\u201d to battle invading Israeli troops in several parts of south Lebanon. <\/p>\n<h2>Iran commemorates Hamas leader whom Israel says it killed<\/h2>\n<p>UNITED NATIONS \u2014 Iran\u2019s Mission to the United Nations issued a statement honoring Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, after Israel said Thursday he had been killed in fighting:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen U.S. forces dragged a disheveled Saddam Hussein out of an underground hole, he begged them not to kill him despite being armed. Those who regarded Saddam as their model of resistance eventually collapsed. However when Muslims look up to martyr Sinwar standing on the battlefield \u2014 in combat attire and out in the open, not in a hideout, facing the enemy \u2014 the spirit of resistance will be strengthened. He will become a model for the youth and children who will carry forth his path for the liberation of Palestine. As long as occupation and aggression exist, resistance will endure, for the martyr remains alive and a source of inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran and Iraq fought a brutal war in the 1980s that began when Hussein launched an invasion of Iran. 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