Israel keeps hunting leadership people in Hamas and Hezbollah….
US Sec of State Blinken arrives in Israel and is told Israel isn’t going to stop fighting until it get things on its terms of a occupation of Gaza and Lebanon….
President Biden WILL likely leave office with the conflict continuing as he keeps helping Israel with weapons and intelligence support….
The IDF struck a Beirut hospital overnight as a Hezbollah sent rocket at a Israeli military base near Tel Aviv…
Living conditions in Gaza get worse ….
Reports are that almost 50,000 people have died in Gaza and Lebanon…
Israel reports 356 of its solider ‘s have died….
Israel is attacking the way Iran pays Hezbollah thru Syria…..
There are still over 100 hostages being held…
Israel’s military said on Tuesday that it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the presumed successor to Hezbollah’s recently slain leader, in an airstrike near Beirut, Lebanon, in early October.
The airstrike had targeted a meeting of senior Hezbollah leaders. It was one of the heaviest bombardments to hit the area known as the Dahiya since an Israeli assault killed Hezbollah’s longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Sept. 27.
Mr. Safieddine, whom western and Israeli officials identified as the likely successor to Mr. Nasrallah, was presumed to be at the meeting. But his death had been unconfirmed, with rumors swirling for several weeks that he might have survived. There was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah on Tuesday that Mr. Safieddine had been killed.
Israel’s confirmation of his death came as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken made his 11th trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began in an effort to quell rising regional tensions. Mr. Blinken pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday “to capitalize on” last week’s killing of the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and end the war in the Gaza Strip, the State Department said.
Mr. Blinken met with Mr. Netanyahu for two-and-a-half hours, making the case that with the death of Mr. Sinwar, Israel should seize the opportunity “by securing the release of all hostages and ending the conflict in Gaza in a way that provides lasting security for Israelis and Palestinians alike,” a State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller, said in a statement.
Mr. Netanyahu agreed that the killing of Mr. Sinwar “may positively impact the release of the hostages, the achievement of all of the war’s goals, and the day after the war,” his office said in a statement about the meeting. But the statement also said Mr. Netanyahu had emphasized the need to fight Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran, and did not mention a truce.
President Biden and his administration have repeatedly tried to calm the widening conflict in the Middle East, where Israel is fighting Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Iran, which backs both armed groups. But Mr. Netanyahu and the militant groups have repeatedly rebuffed entreaties to show more restraint and reach a cease-fire.
Here’s what else to know:
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Planning for the day after: In their meeting, Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Blinken, according to statements from their offices, discussed one of the biggest unanswered questions about the conflict in Gaza: How will the enclave be governed after the war? Mr. Miller, the State Department spokesman, said that Mr. Blinken had also “emphasized the need for Israel to take additional steps to increase and sustain the flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza and ensure that assistance reaches civilians throughout Gaza.”
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Airstrike near Beirut: An overnight Israeli strike near Lebanon’s largest public hospital killed 18 people, injured dozens and damaged the hospital, Lebanon’s health ministry said. Israel’s military said that it had targeted Hezbollah, not the medical facility, Rafik Hariri University Hospital, south of Beirut, which did not receive any warning before the strike.
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Missile attack near Tel Aviv: Hours before Mr. Blinken’s arrival, Hezbollah launched a missile attack at an Israeli military base near Tel Aviv that sent residents fleeing into shelters but caused no casualties or significant damage. A Hezbollah drone attack on Saturday did minor damage to Mr. Netanyahu’s coastal house, which his office called an attempt to assassinate the prime minister.
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Israel arrests: The Israeli authorities said on Tuesday that they had arrested seven residents of a predominantly Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem who planned to assassinate, on behalf of Iran, a senior Israeli scientist and the mayor of a large Israeli city. The suspects were arrested in recent weeks and have yet to be indicted.
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Documents leaked: The F.B.I. is investigating the apparent leak of highly classified documents that appear to show Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran for a missile attack earlier this month, the agency said on Tuesday. Israeli retaliation has been widely anticipated since an Iranian missile barrage on Oct. 1. Israel has assured U.S. officials that it will not hit Iran’s oil production or nuclear enrichment sites, allaying some concerns about the potential fallout…..
Here are other key developments
- Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a drone strike targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in the Caesarea area, in a statement Tuesday. His office reported the attack over the weekend and said no one was hurt.
- Conditions in northern Gaza “are beyond catastrophic,” said Georgios Petropoulos, head of the Gaza office for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The office reported Tuesday that an urgent request to help people trapped under the rubble in Jabalya was denied by Israeli authorities for the fifth consecutive day.
- UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini accused Israeli authorities of repeatedly stopping humanitarian missions from reaching civilians in northern Gaza, adding that several hospitals are without power after being struck. He said some displaced people are being forced to live in bathrooms because of overcrowding at UNRWA shelters.
- At least 42,718 people have been killed in Gaza during the war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. At least 2,483 people have been killed in Lebanon, according to the country’s Health Ministry. Neither distinguishes between civilians and combatants.
- Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack, including more than 300 soldiers. It says 356 soldiers have been killed in its Gaza military operation.
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Oct 22, 2024 – ISW Press
A senior Israeli intelligence official told Iranian anti-regime media that Israel’s recent operations in Lebanon have disrupted Iran’s ability to provide funds to Hezbollah. The source stated that Israeli operations targeting key Hezbollah leadership and the Israeli air campaign have significantly disrupted Hezbollah funding. The official stated that Iran used Syria as a conduit to provide Hezbollah with $50 million in cash each month prior to the start of the Israeli operations in Lebanon.
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