7/8/2024–|Last update: 7/8/202408:40 PM (Makkah Time)
The Israeli occupation army launched raids on several towns in South Lebanon Today, Wednesday, while the Lebanese Hezbollah targeted several sites of the occupation army, as sirens sounded in the Western Galilee, at a time when the Israeli Defense Minister accused Yoav GalantSecretary General of the Party Hassan Nasrallah…by “dragging the region into war,” at a time when the Lebanese government is preparing an emergency plan in anticipation of the development of the situation.
The Lebanese National News Agency reported that an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle with a missile today in Wadi Haidara in the town of Joya, and later issued a statement.The Public Health Emergency Operations Center issued a statement announcing that the victims of that raid “rose to two martyrs and six wounded.”
According to the Lebanese agency, the Israeli warplanes raided the town of Aitaroun this Wednesday afternoon, and also targeted… Artillery shelling of Wadi Hassan area, which connects the outskirts of the villages of Tyre Harfa, Al-Jabbin, Sheheen and Majdal Zun. According to the agency, Israeli warplanes carried out a raid this afternoon targeting the outskirts of the town of Kounine in the Bint Jbeil district.
The agency said:Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier twice over the capital Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Bchamoun, Aramoun, Khalde, Choueifat, and Iqlim al-Kharroub. Israeli warplanes also broke the sound barrier twice over Jezzine and Sidon, and in the skies of the south, at medium altitude.
Israeli aircraft also launched a raid on the heights of Mount Rayhan in southern Lebanon.
The resistance is bombing
For its part, the Lebanese Hezbollah announced in separate statements issued today that its fighters had bombed a gathering of enemy soldiers in Jabal Nadhar with rocket-propelled grenades and achieved a direct hit.“They targeted Al-Malikiyah sites with rockets and hit it directly.”
They also targeted – according to the statements – “the Jal al-Alam and al-Raheb sites with artillery shells and hit them directly,” and Hezbollah considered this “support for our steadfast Palestinian people in… Gaza strip In support of his valiant and honorable resistance.
In the wake of the Lebanese resistance's shelling, sirens sounded today in the Shlomi settlement in the Western Galilee, north of occupied Palestine, on suspicion of missiles being launched from Lebanon.
Channel 12 Israel reported that sirens went off in Shlomi in the Western Galilee. The channel did not report any missiles falling or being intercepted, and no statement was issued by the Israeli occupation army.
Gallant's accusations
As for the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, it quoted the Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant during his visit to the northern front as saying, “It seems that Nasrallah is dragging Lebanon to pay a heavy price, and something could happen that no one can imagine and that is beyond logic, and it is possible that this battle will deteriorate into war, and this is a realistic matter, not a theoretical one.”
“Until today, we are hitting the enemy with our own methods. This applies to the operations to eliminate Hamas military leaders,” Galant said during his meeting with a group of occupation army soldiers. Mohammed Al-DaifAnd Rafeh Salama in Khan Yunis, and on attacking Houthis In Yemen and to eliminate Fouad Shukr In the suburb area of Beirut, and it is not over, and it will not be limited to air activities, we need to be prepared.
“As things stand, Nasrallah may drag Lebanon into paying a very high price,” Galant continued. “They cannot imagine what could happen, and I think that if they took a picture of Gaza they would understand, but logic does not always speak.”
“Your level of readiness is what guarantees us the ability to reach and make decisions,” he told the soldiers, noting that “everyone is training for defense and offense, and this is extremely important.”
Lebanese emergency
On the Lebanese side, Prime Minister Najib Mikati held a meeting today, Wednesday, with a number of his government ministers to “keep up with the current situation and review the readiness of Lebanese ministries and departments in the event of any emergency,” according to the Lebanese News Agency.
Following the meeting, the agency quoted Lebanese Environment Minister Nasser Yassin as saying, “We presented the results of the expanded meeting of the Crisis and Disaster Management Committee to present and enhance readiness in the event of an expansion of Israeli attacks.”
He added that “all ministries and official departments were invited to implement the emergency plan, as well as international partner organizations and basic unions such as the Food Importers Union and others, and the plan was discussed.” Shelter topics, The emergency plan that the Ministry of Health is working on, andFood file, securing gasoline and diesel.
Meanwhile, Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib called on the international community andEuropean Union To “move away from the policy of double standards.”
The Lebanese Minister stressed, while receiving the Australian Ambassador to Beirut, that Lebanon “is not seeking war and is committed to implementing Resolution 1701 to establish calm on its southern borders, but the international community must compel Israel to stop its aggression against Lebanon and Gaza.”