The Palestinian Islamist movement “Hamas”, which is at war with Israel in the Gaza Strip, welcomed the large-scale attack against Israeli positions by the Lebanese group “Hezbollah” earlier today, calling it a “strong response” and “slap“ for the Israeli government, AFP reported, BTA reported.
„We emphasize that this strong and targeted response in the heart of the Zionist entity is a slap in the face to the Israeli government,”, Hamas said in a statement. For its part, Israel reported that it had foiled “a large part” from the attack by “Hezbollah”, having carried out multiple strikes in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that at least 40,405 Palestinians had been killed, and 93,468 – wounded since the start of the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip on October 7. In the last 24 hours, 71 people died and 112 were injured.
The war in Gaza began after fighters of “Hamas“ attacked Israel on October 7 and killed about 1,200 people, according to Israeli figures. Israel says it is doing everything it can to avoid civilian casualties during its operation in the Gaza Strip and has accused Hamas of using civilians as human shields, a claim the group denies.
Representative of "Hezbollah" said today that the missile and drone strike against Israel, carried out in response to the killing of senior Lebanese movement commander Fouad Shukr, had been delayed due to "political considerations", Reuters reported. It is mainly about the ongoing negotiations for a ceasefire and the release of the hostages in Gaza, he specified. The representative of "Hezbollah" also said the group had calibrated its response to the killing of Fuad Shukr on July 30 so as not to trigger a full-scale war.