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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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French Police Arrest Man Suspected of Attempted Arson Against Synagogue
French police stand guard after cars were set on fire in front of the city’s synagogue, in La Grande-Motte, France, August 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Manon Cruz
French police have arrested a man suspected of trying to set a synagogue ablaze in the southern French city of la Grande-Motte on Saturday, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
About 200 police officers had been hunting for the suspect, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said earlier, adding that the attacker had set fire to several entry doors to the synagogue and several cars nearby.
BFM TV said the suspect was a 33-year-old Algerian. Local police declined to give details.
The anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office, which was put in charge of the investigation, said early on Sunday that a suspect had been arrested in Nîmes on Saturday evening.
“Before the police could intervene, (the suspect) opened fire on the (police), which returned fire. The man was wounded in the face,” the office said in a statement, adding that two other people were taken into custody.
A policeman was slightly injured when a gas bottle exploded as police secured the site of the attack on Saturday morning, Attal said.
“This is an antisemitic attack. Once more, our Jewish compatriots are targeted,” Attal said on X. “In the face of antisemitism, in the face of violence, we will never allow ourselves to be intimidated.”
After visiting the synagogue, Attal said an “absolute tragedy” had been narrowly averted after firefighters and police arrived quickly at the scene.
Local media reported earlier that the suspect had set fire to two cars, one of which contained at least one gas bottle, in the synagogue’s parking area at about 8:30 a.m. (0630 GMT).
Police protection of synagogues, and Jewish schools and shops would be stepped up across France, the government said.
France, like other countries in Europe, has seen a surge in antisemitic incidents following the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel’s retaliatory action in Gaza.
Le Parisien, franceinfo and other media said the suspect had been seen on CCTV shortly before the attack with a Palestinian flag tied round his waist.
“Exploding a gas bottle in a car in front of the Grande Motte synagogue at the expected time of arrival of the faithful: it’s not just attacking a place of worship, it’s an attempt to kill Jews,” Yonathan Arfi, who leads the CRIF, an umbrella organization of French Jewish groups, said on X.
La Grande-Motte is a port and resort city on the French Mediterranean coast.
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‘First Phase’ of Attack Against Israel is ‘Over,’ Hezbollah Declares, Amid Fears of Regional War
Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a screen during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs’ Day, in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Photo: Reuters/Aziz Taher
i24 News – A Hezbollah official said on Sunday that the jihadist group does not wish that its rocket and drone attack against Israel early in the morning should trigger a regional war and, as far as it is concerned, the “first phase” of the attack is over.
The official said the group took time to retaliate for the assassination of top commander Fuad Shukr last month due to “political considerations,” chiefly the ongoing talks on a ceasefire and hostage release deal for the Gaza Strip.
The terrorist did not elaborate as to why the group decided to launch its attack despite the still-ongoing negotiations between Israel and Hamas.
The official stressed the Shiite militia had “worked” to make sure its response to the July 30 assassination would not trigger a full-scale war.
Hezbollah launched over 320 rockets & drones at Israel, responding to the killing of terrorist Fuad Shukr
But before the strike, the IDF preemptively hit thousands of rocket launchers in Lebanon
Here is everything you need to know, including the latest safety instructions: pic.twitter.com/FyHik3aeIz
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) August 25, 2024
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Syrian President Says Efforts to Restore Ties with Turkey Have Yielded No Results
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad speaks to the Syrian parliament in Damascus, Syria August 25, 2024. Photo: SANA/Handout via REUTERS
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that efforts to mend ties with Turkey had so far brought no tangible results.
“The initiatives did not yield any results worth mentioning despite the seriousness and genuine keenness of mediators,” Assad said in a speech to the Syrian parliament, referring to conciliation efforts by Russia, Iran and Iraq.
Turkey severed ties with Syria in 2011 after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, in which it supported rebels seeking to oust Assad. Assad views the rebels as terrorists.
“The solution is openness,” Assad said. “Restoring a relationship requires first removing the causes that led to its destruction.”
The Syrian president made clear that while he wants Turkish troops to withdraw from Syria, that was not a precondition for talks.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said earlier in July he would extend an invitation to Assad “any time” for possible talks to restore relations.
A Turkish newspaper earlier reported Erdogan and Assad could meet in August, but a Turkish diplomat denied the report.
Russia has been trying to facilitate a meeting between the two leaders in an effort to restore ties. Iraq also said in July that it may seek to try to bring the two leaders together.
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