At least two people were injured by a rocket attack from Lebanon on the northern Israeli city of Nahariya on October 24, The Times of Israel reported. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said more than 50 rockets were fired, some of which impacted the country. The attack came a day after Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group, said it had escalated its attacks on Israel.
Israel continues bombing Lebanon, US calls for ceasefire
Violence escalates
Hezbollah said it attacked an Israeli military facility on the outskirts of Tel Aviv with “precision-guided missiles that hit their targets,” while the IDF said it intercepted two projectiles and that there were no casualties or damage to any military facilities. Air raid sirens sounded across central and northern Israel for a second day in a row, prompting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to briefly delay his departure from the country on October 23.
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Tyre, Lebanon, on October 23.
In a statement released on October 24, the IDF said it had raided several Hezbollah weapons production facilities in the Dahiyeh area south of Beirut (Lebanon). Lebanese media reported that Israel carried out at least 17 raids overnight, leveling six buildings in the area and making it the "most violent attack since the start of the war."
In the Gaza Strip, the IDF said a "large number" of Palestinians had evacuated from the north, but did not provide a figure. According to CNN, Israeli forces continued to intensify their operations yesterday in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza and claimed to have killed dozens of Hamas members and arrested more than 200 terrorism suspects. Meanwhile, medical experts and Gaza residents said 42 people were killed on October 23 due to the intensified Israeli attacks.
Risk of worse
Worryingly, the violence spreading to Syria is alarming and could worsen, affecting international peace and security, UN special envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on October 23. "The flames of conflict are burning fiercely in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Gaza, and in Lebanon. The heat is also spreading to Syria," he warned. The Syrian Defense Ministry accused Israel of airstrikes on Damascus and Homs on October 24, killing one Syrian soldier and wounding seven others. Israel has not commented on the incident.
2 gunmen 'terrorist attack' Turkish airline group, causing heavy casualties
Syria also saw another round of violence, when Türkiye launched airstrikes on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the country and Iraq on October 23. Turkey accused the PKK of carrying out a terrorist attack on the Turkish Aerospace Industries in Ankara earlier that day, killing five people and wounding 22. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said the airstrikes killed 12 civilians and injured 25. Türkiye has not commented on this information.
A building was heavily damaged after an Israeli raid in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on October 24.
Another tense development is that Israel is considering how to respond after being attacked by Iran with a massive missile attack on October 1. The Guardian newspaper yesterday quoted Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as saying that the plan to strike Iran would "make the world understand the military potential of Israel". Iran had previously threatened to retaliate more strongly if Israel attacked.
Efforts to find solutions
The US secretary of state arrived in Qatar yesterday, after visiting Israel and Saudi Arabia on a trip to try to de-escalate the conflict. Mr. Blinken said he had spoken with Israeli leaders "about the importance of deciding whether Hamas is ready to participate." He said the ceasefire plan between Hamas and Israel proposed by US President Joe Biden on May 31 was still on the negotiating table, but expressed his willingness to discuss "new frameworks" to free more than 100 hostages in Gaza.
On the Hamas side, senior member Mousa Abu Marzouk arrived in Moscow on October 23 and met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. After the meeting, Mr. Marzouk said Hamas wants Russia to push Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to start negotiations on a post-Gaza national unity government.
WHO postpones polio vaccination in Gaza
The Guardian reported on October 24 that the World Health Organization (WHO) said that escalating violence in northern Gaza has led to the postponement of polio vaccination for more than 100,000 children. Accordingly, the third phase of the campaign has been postponed because the current fighting situation has prevented families from bringing their children for vaccination, as well as medical staff from working. The Israeli military's Cogat humanitarian unit said that the vaccination campaign in northern Gaza will begin in the next few days "after a joint assessment as recommended" by WHO and UNICEF. The first phase has helped vaccinate about 560,000 children against polio and the second phase has vaccinated more than 590,000 children in Gaza, according to WHO.
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