If US security failures had not led to the leak of confidential documents about Israel’s planned retaliation against Iran, they could have already occurred. Now Netanyahu is once again weighing his options and the military is attacking furiously on two fronts: Gaza, where they are trying to eliminate Hamas, and Lebanon, where they are receiving a hail of rockets from Hezbollah.
There is no end to the bloodshed in Gaza. At least 87 people were killed and more than 40 injured in Israeli strikes in Beit Lahia, according to the latest update from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry. Many victims are still under the rubble and on roads that cannot be reached by ambulance crews.
Israel said it was checking casualty reports but believed the numbers released by Hamas authorities were “exaggerated” and did not match information held by its military.
BREAKING: Palestinian authorities say 87 people are dead or missing after Israeli attacks on homes in northern Gaza. https://t.co/73i0o0tizd
– Associated Press (@AP) October 20, 2024
70 rockets in 3 minutes
At the same time, northern Israel faces a barrage of rockets from Lebanon and Hezbollah. Israel’s air defense system intercepted some of them, he adds in a post on X.
At least 70 rockets were fired on Sunday morning from Lebanon towards Israel within 3 minutes.
“After the sirens sounded between 11:09 and 11:12. In the areas of Western Galilee and Upper Galilee, around 70 missiles were detected that passed from Lebanon into Israeli territory,” the military said.
⚡️More than 70 rockets were fired from Lebanon and several rockets hit western Galilee. pic.twitter.com/YxLmdslfM2
— Current Report (@Currentreport1) October 20, 2024
Constant coup from Lebanon
Previously, Israel bombed Lebanon again. He announced that he had targeted two Hezbollah facilities in the southern suburbs of Beirut, after previously ordering residents to evacuate the area.
“Enemy aircraft carried out two attacks in the southern suburbs of Beirut this morning, one of which hit an apartment building in Haret Hareik, located near a mosque and a hospital,” Lebanese news agency ANI reported.
The Israeli military maintains that one of the targets was Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters and the other was a weapons production workshop in Beirut.