Lebanon’s Hezbollah has launched more than 50 rockets, hitting a number of private homes in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.
The attack on Wednesday came a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar as he pressed ahead with the latest diplomatic mission to secure a ceasefire in the war in Gaza, even as Hamas and Israel signaled that challenges remain.
Hamas in a new statement called the latest proposal presented to it a “reversal” of what it agreed to previously and accused the US of acquiescing to what it called “new conditions” from Israel. There was no immediate US response.
First responders in Golan Heights said they treated a 30-year-old man who was moderately wounded with shrapnel injuries in Wednesday’s attack. One house was engulfed in flames, and firefighters said they prevented a bigger tragedy by stopping a gas leak.
Hezbollah said the attack was in response to an Israeli strike deep into Lebanon on Tuesday night that killed one and injured 19. On Tuesday, Hezbollah launched more than 200 projectiles toward Israel, after Israel targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot some 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the border, a significant increase in the daily skirmishes.
Israel and Hezbollah have traded near-daily strikes for more than 10 months against the backdrop of Israel’s war against Hezbollah’s ally, Hamas, in Gaza. The exchanges have killed more than 500 people in Lebanon — mostly militants but also including around 100 civilians and non-combatants — and 23 soldiers and 26 civilians in Israel.
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed it, saying it needs the strategic plateau for its security. The United States is the only country to recognize Israel’s annexation, while the rest of the international community considers the Golan to be occupied Syrian territory.
Hezbollah fires more than 50 rockets, hitting Israeli-annexed Golan Heights
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Hezbollah fires more than 50 rockets, hitting Israeli-annexed Golan Heights
- THezbollah said the attack was in response to an Israeli strike deep into Lebanon on Tuesday night that killed one and injured 19.
Al-Sharaa sends condolences to Trump on loss of 3 Americans
DAMASCUS: Syria’s President Ahmad Al-Sharaa has extended his deepest condolences to US President Donald Trump following the tragic loss of American soldiers killed in the countryside of Homs on Saturday.
In a message addressed to Trump, Al-Sharaa said: “On behalf of the Syrian Arab Republic, I extend my sincere sympathy to the families of the fallen soldiers and to the American people.”
He said Syria unequivocally condemned the attack and reaffirmed its commitment to preserving stability and security in Syria and across the region.
The Interior Ministry said its units had carried out a “qualitative and decisive security operation” in the city of Palmyra following the terrorist attack carried out by a Daesh-affiliated operative.
In a statement, the ministry said the operation was conducted in full coordination with the General Intelligence Directorate and international coalition forces, and was based on precise intelligence information.
It said five suspects were arrested and immediately placed under investigation.
The ministry stressed that targeting state institutions “will not go unanswered,” adding that security agencies possessed full readiness and high capability to strike with an “iron fist” anyone who threatened Syria’s security and stability, and to pursue terrorist organizations wherever they were found.
