Gantz, Herzog threaten Israel will step up responses if Iranian attacks continue
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“The crisis in Lebanon is devastating. The State of Israel calls on the international community to aid Lebanon. We are also willing to provide assistance. However, we will not let the tragedy in Lebanon cross the border into Israel,” Gantz said on a visit to the Israel Defense Forces’ Northern Command.
Lebanon is grappling with a raft of shortages, including gasoline, and the government is discussing lifting subsidies it can no longer afford, amid what the World Bank said is one of the worst financial crises since the 1850s.
The local currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value on the black market, and Lebanese state electricity companies are providing less than five hours of electricity a day in most areas, as they struggle to come up with the foreign currency for fuel imports.
On Friday, 19 rockets were fired at the Golan Heights and Galilee Panhandle from Lebanon. The IDF said 10 projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system and six landed in open areas around Mount Dov. Another three rockets failed to clear the border and landed in Lebanese territory.
It was Hezbollah’s heaviest barrage since the 2006 Second Lebanon War. The group said it came in response to recent Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. “The Islamic Resistance shelled open areas near the Shebaa Farms with dozens of 122mm rockets,” it said in a statement carried in Arabic-language media. READ MORE
Gantz, Herzog threaten Israel will step up responses if Iranian attacks continue
Gantz, Herzog threaten Israel will step up responses if Iranian attacks continue
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