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Several Israelis Wounded as Hezbollah Attacks Western Galilee
Smoke rises from Kfar Kila, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, Lebanon, Aug. 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Karamallah Daher
JNS.org — Nineteen Israelis were wounded on Tuesday when Hezbollah launched attack drones towards the Western Galilee, initial reports said.
A man in his 30s was listed in serious condition, a 30-year-old woman was moderately wounded, and others suffered light wounds, according to reports.
At least two drones were said to have been launched into Israel; only some were intercepted. One drone impacted the Arab town of Mazra’a, between Acre and Nahariya, after crossing the border from Lebanon.
Magen David Adom emergency service medics reportedly treated victims at three different scenes around Nahariya. The wounded were evacuated to the city’s Galilee Medical Center, according to MDA.
The Israel Defense Forces said that at least some of the casualties were apparently caused by an Israeli interceptor missile that missed its target.
“As a result of the fall, several civilians were injured, the incident is under investigation,” the military announced in a post on X.
MDA paramedics told Israel’s Channel 13 News: “We saw the man sitting in the car unconscious and suffering from a severe head injury from a shrapnel hit and another injured woman was near the parking lot where she is fully conscious and suffering from shrapnel injuries to her limbs.”
“We gave the man medical treatment that included resuscitation and medication and evacuated him in an MDA intensive-care vehicle to the hospital in very serious condition. Another injured woman was evacuated from the scene in mild-to-moderate condition,” they said.
Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, said that three drones infiltrated Israel in the latest wave of attacks. The Iran-backed terror group took credit for at least seven launches on Tuesday.
Rocket and drone alerts sounded in the Western Galilee. Footage posted to social media appeared to show a drone flying over Nahariya and Acre.
CCTV captured the moment that a suicide drone apparently hit the road in Mazra’a. According to reports, a car was directly hit. The video footage appeared to show vehicles driving very close to the point of impact.
פיצוץ עז ולהבות באמצע כביש ליד נהריה: הכטב”ם מתפוצץ מטרים ספורים ליד רכב | תיעוד@rubih67 pic.twitter.com/7OB2VbuGZK
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) August 6, 2024
The attacks came shortly after the IDF announced that the Israeli Air Force struck a Hezbollah “military” structure in the area of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon that was used by terrorists to attack Israel.
Additionally, the IAF struck a Hezbollah structure in the area of Khiam.
מטוסי קרב של חיל האוויר תקפו לפני זמן קצר בהכוונה מודיעינית של שב״כ ואמ”ן, מבנה צבאי ששימש את יחידת חזית הדרום בארגון הטרור חיזבאללה, במרחב נבטיה שבדרום לבנון.
במבנה פעלו מספר מחבלים אשר קידמו מתווי טרור נגד מדינת ישראל>> pic.twitter.com/S8CqlrCSWd
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) August 6, 2024
A back-and-forth from southern Lebanon
Earlier on Tuesday, Lebanon’s health ministry said four people were killed in an alleged Israeli strike in the town of Maifadoun in Southern Lebanon. A source told AFP that they were all Hezbollah terrorists.
The IDF said on Monday evening that the IAF struck senior Hezbollah terrorist Ali Jamal Aldin Jawad in the area of Ebba, also in Southern Lebanon.
An IDF officer and soldier were moderately wounded when a Hezbollah suicide drone launched from Lebanon scored a direct hit near Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar in the Hula Valley overnight on Sunday.
Hezbollah has attacked northern Israel nearly every day since joining the war in support of Gaza-based Hamas on Oct. 8, killing more than 20 people and causing widespread damage. Tens of thousands of Israeli civilians remain internally displaced due to the ongoing violence.
The terror group has vowed revenge for last week’s targeted killing by Israel of senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut.
Shukr was responsible for a rocket attack that killed 12 children in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Golan Heights, on July 27, as well as a 1983 bombing that killed 241 US service members in Beirut.
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Lebanon Must Disarm Hezbollah to Have a Shot at Better Days, Says US Envoy
Thomas Barrack at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., November 4, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
i24 News – Lebanon’s daunting social, economic and political issues would not get resolved unless the state persists in the efforts to disarm Hezbollah, the Iranian proxy behind so much of the unrest and destruction, special US envoy Tom Barrack told The National.
“You have Israel on one side, you have Iran on the other, and now you have Syria manifesting itself so quickly that if Lebanon doesn’t move, it’s going to be Bilad Al Sham again,” he said, using the historical Arabic name for the region sometimes known as “larger Syria.”
The official stressed the need to follow through on promises to disarm the Iranian proxy, which suffered severe blows from Israel in the past year, including the elimination of its entire leadership, and is considered a weakened though still dangerous jihadist outfit.
“There are issues that we have to arm wrestle with each other over to come to a final conclusion. Remember, we have an agreement, it was a great agreement. The problem is, nobody followed it,” he told The National.
Barrack spoke on the heels of a trip to Beirut, where he proposed a diplomatic plan for the region involving the full disarmament of Hezbollah by the Lebanese state.
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Report: Putin Urges Iran to Accept ‘Zero Enrichment’ Nuclear Deal With US
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of a cultural forum dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Turkmen poet and philosopher Magtymguly Fragi, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Oct. 11, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Scherbak/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Iranian leadership that he supports the idea of a nuclear deal in which Iran is unable to enrich uranium, the Axios website reported on Saturday. The Russian strongman also relayed the message to his American counterpart, President Donald Trump, the report said.
Iranian news agency Tasnim issued a denial, citing an “informed source” as saying Putin had not sent any message to Iran in this regard.
Also on Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that “Any negotiated solution must respect Iran’s right to enrichment. No agreement without recognizing our right to enrichment. If negotiations occur, the only topic will be the nuclear program. No other issues, especially defense or military matters, will be on the agenda.”
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Syria’s Al-Sharaa Attending At Least One Meeting With Israeli Officials in Azerbaijan
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/Pool
i24 News – Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa is attending at least one meeting with Israeli officials in Azerbaijan today, despite sources in Damascus claiming he wasn’t attending, a Syrian source close to President Al-Sharaa tells i24NEWS.
The Syrian source stated that this is a series of two or three meetings between the sides, with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani also in attendance, along with Ahmed Al-Dalati, the Syrian government’s liaison for security meetings with Israel.
The high-level Israeli delegation includes a special envoy of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, as well as security and military figures.
The purpose of the meetings is to discuss further details of the security agreement to be signed between Israel and Syria, the Iranian threat in Syria and Lebanon, Hezbollah’s weapons, the weapons of Palestinian militias, the Palestinians camps in Lebanon, and the future of Palestinian refugees from Gaza in the region.
The possibility of opening an Israeli coordination office in Damascus, without diplomatic status, might also be discussed.
The source stated that the decision to hold the meetings in Azerbaijan, made by Israel and the US, is intended to send a message to Iran.
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