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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.

The post Several Israelis Wounded as Hezbollah Attacks Western Galilee first appeared on Algemeiner.com.

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Netanyahu Criticizes Nation-Wide Strike That ‘Strengthens Hamas’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, Sept. 2, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS

i24 NewsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday harshly criticized nationwide demonstrations calling for the release of hostages and an end to the Gaza war.

Speaking at a government meeting, Netanyahu argued that such protests only strengthen Hamas and risk repeating the atrocities of October 7.

“Those who call today for an end to Hamas’s war not only harden the terrorist group’s position and delay the release of our hostages, but also guarantee that the horrors of October 7 will be repeated and that we will have to fight an endless war,” Netanyahu said.

The prime minister defended Israel’s ongoing military operations, citing strikes carried out in recent days: “In the last 24 hours, the navy attacked power stations in Yemen, IDF soldiers struck Zeitoun and eliminated dozens of terrorists in Gaza, and the air force targeted Hezbollah commanders and launch sites in Lebanon.”

He added that Israel’s response in Lebanon was consistent with the ceasefire agreement: “According to this agreement, we will meet with fire any violation and any attempt to arm Hezbollah.”

Netanyahu reaffirmed Israel’s conditions for ending the conflict, stressing the need for continued security control in Gaza and the group’s long-term demilitarization. He rejected Hamas’s demand for a full Israeli withdrawal: “They want us to leave Gaza entirely — from the north, the south, the Philadelphi corridor, and the security perimeter. That would only allow them to reorganize, rearm, and attack us again.”

The war has now entered its 681st day, with 49 hostages still held by Hamas.

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Israelis joined a general strike organized by the Hostage Families Forum, calling for the return of all captives in a single deal and for an end to the war. Demonstrations spread across the country, at major intersections, government ministers’ homes, and familiar protest hubs such as Kaplan Junction and the Ayalon highways.

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Family Releases Footage of Matan Zangauker in Captivity

A screenshot of a video released by the family of hostage Matan Zangauker.

i24 NewsThe family of Matan Zangauker, the Israeli hostage held by Hamas since October 7, shared new footage of him from captivity on Sunday evening.

The video, obtained by the IDF, was recorded several months ago.

In the recording, 32-year-old Matan looks directly into the camera, addressing his loved ones: “Tato, Shani, Ilana, I miss you. God willing, we’ll see each other soon. All my friends and acquaintances, go out and make noise like only you know how.”

Matan was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, along with his partner Ilana Gritsievsky, who was released in a hostage deal last year. Since then, Matan has remained in Hamas custody while his family continues to fight for his return.

On the national protest day calling for the release of hostages, Ilana staged a poignant display at Hostages Square. Dressed in a wedding gown beneath a chuppah, she symbolically “married” Matan in his absence. “Matan, my curly-haired one, if you hadn’t been abducted, we could already be married. In a single day, our world was destroyed, and you’re not here to hold me. I’m fighting for you until you come back,” she said.

Matan’s mother, Einav, has emerged as a leading voice in the campaign for the hostages’ release and has sharply criticized Israel’s political leadership, accusing them of undermining potential hostage deals.

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Hamas Rejects Israel’s Gaza Relocation Plan

Palestinians, displaced by the Israeli offensive, shelter in a tent camp as the Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern Gaza, in Gaza City August 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Palestinian terrorist group Hamas said on Sunday that Israel’s plan to relocate residents from Gaza City constitutes a “new wave of genocide and displacement” for hundreds of thousands of residents in the area.

The group said the planned deployment of tents and other shelter equipment by Israel into southern Gaza was a “blatant deception.”

The Israeli military has said it is preparing to provide tents and other equipment starting from Sunday ahead of its plan to relocate residents from combat zones to the south of the enclave “to ensure their safety.”

Hamas said in a statement that the deployment of tents under the guise of humanitarian purposes is a blatant deception intended to “cover up a brutal crime that the occupation forces prepare to execute.”

Israel said earlier this month that it intended to launch a new offensive to seize control of northern Gaza City, the enclave’s largest urban center. The plan has raised international alarm over the fate of the demolished strip, which is home to about 2.2 million people.

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