The Lebanese movement Hezbollah announced today that it pushed back the Israeli soldiers who "intruded" into the south of Lebanon near the position of the UN peacekeeping forces in that country (Unifil).
After the weakening of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas, whose attack on Israeli soil on October 7 last year triggered deadly operations in the Gaza Strip, Israel is now waging an open war against Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas.
The Lebanese movement said it had pushed behind the border Israeli soldiers who had inserted themselves near a position of the blue helmets in the border village of Labuna.
Israeli army spokesman Nadav Shoshani said they are in constant contact with UNIFIL to make sure their soldiers are not caught in the crossfire between Hezbollah and Israeli forces.
About 10.000 UN troops are deployed in southern Lebanon along the long blue line that marks the border between Lebanon and Israel.
On Sunday, Unifil condemned the Israeli army's operations near one of its positions in the border village of Marun al Ras and described them as "extremely dangerous".
Hezbollah claims to have called on its fighters not to intervene or threaten UN soldiers.
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At least 56 people died in the past 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian territory controlled by Hamas.
Since the beginning of the war with Israel a year ago, 41.965 have died.
The Ministry of Health stated that 97.590 people were injured in the clashes in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel's military said on Tuesday it had launched a "limited and targeted" ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon's western region a day earlier, while carrying out overnight airstrikes on Beirut, the east and south of the country, claiming to have killed a senior Hezbollah commander in the Lebanese capital.
As the Israeli army pointed out, on Monday it killed Suhail Hussein Husseini, the commander of the headquarters of Hezbollah, a militant organization supported by Iran.
Husseini is said to be responsible for the transfer of weapons from Iran and the distribution of weapons to various Hezbollah units.
Husseini was "involved in the budget and logistical management of the organization's most sensitive projects, including the operational plan for the war," it added.
The United States has designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, while the European Union blacklists only its armed wing, not the political party, which has a seat in the Lebanese parliament. Hezbollah has supported Hamas, a Palestinian militant organization, since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah has yet to comment on the claims that Israel killed their commander.
About 1,2 million people have been displaced in Lebanon since Israel stepped up attacks since September, and more than 400.000 have fled to Syria.
Of these, 70 percent are Syrian refugees returning to the country, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said.
Also, Israel's army said on Tuesday that in two joint operations last week in the Gaza Strip, three Hamas fighters were killed who were involved in the attacks on October 7 last year.
On Monday, Israel marked the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on the Jewish state in which more than 1.200 people were killed and around 250 people were taken hostage.
In Jerusalem, family members and relatives of about 100 hostages still held by Hamas, many of whom are presumed dead, gathered outside the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They protested in silence because the government of this country has not yet managed to release the hostages from captivity.
After the Oct. 7 attack, Israel launched a military offensive against the Gaza Strip that killed nearly 42.000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.
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The Israeli military announced today that it had launched "limited operations" against the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement in southwestern Lebanon.
"Members of the 146th Division began yesterday to conduct limited, localized and targeted operations against Hezbollah terrorist targets and infrastructure in southwestern Lebanon," the army said in a statement.
The number of Israeli soldiers currently operating in Lebanon has not been officially announced.
The media reported that the total number of Israeli soldiers deployed in southern Lebanon is "probably more than 15.000".
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