At least 19 people, including six soldiers, were injured in northern Israel after Hezbollah militants in Lebanon launched drone attacks, officials said, as world leaders try to defuse tensions in the Middle East to prevent a regional war, reports Radio Slobodna. Europe.
Most people were injured by an Israeli rocket that was supposed to play the role of an interceptor, which missed and hit the ground. Local authorities have announced new guidelines for northern Israel, and all residents have been warned to "avoid all non-essential activities and stay close to safe zones" until further notice.
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging attacks almost daily for the past 10 months, while the war in Gaza continues.
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli fire during military exercises killed 10 Palestinians, including four teenagers, and injured 10 others, Palestinian officials said.
Efforts across the region are continuing to prevent the war from entering a phase of wider conflict, following the killing of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon last week, and the top political leader of Hamas - an organization designated as a terrorist organization by the US and the EU - who was killed in Iran.
Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, told his cabinet over the weekend that Israel is already in a "multi-front war" with Iran and its allies. Inside Gaza, the only corridor for humanitarian aid to arrive in the southern part of the Strip has been closed due to fighting in the area.
The area under Palestinian administration is facing a severe humanitarian crisis, and the Ministry of Health there - run by Hamas - states that the number of dead in the war is approaching 40 thousand.
Meanwhile, the leader of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah said that his pro-Iranian formation and Iran are "forced to respond" to Israel, "no matter what the consequences are after the murders" of the political leader of the Palestinian movement Hamas and the military representative of the Lebanese movement, reports BETA.
In a speech broadcast live, Nasrallah said Hezbollah would respond "alone or as part of a unified response of the entire axis" of the resistance, which is led by Tehran and brings together its allies in the region.
Shortly before the speech, Israeli planes flew low over Beirut, breaking through the air barrier, the Agence France-Presse reported from the scene.
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