Israel killed Wissam al-Tawil, one of Hezbollah’s military leaders in southern Lebanon

The Israeli premier, on a visit to troops in the north of the country, where crossfire continues on the Lebanese border, declared: “We will do everything possible to return security to the North and allow their families to return home. We prefer it to be done without a big campaign, but that won’t stop us. “We gave an example to Hezbollah, with what happened to their friends in the South.”

The Catholic leader denounced this Monday the “war crimes” perpetrated against civilians in the conflict in Ukraine and in the war between Israel and Hamas, and refused to consider them as “collateral damage.”

“In a context in which a distinction between military and civilian objectives no longer seems to be observed, there is no conflict that does not end in some way by indiscriminately hitting the civilian population,” he declared during the traditional exchange of New Year’s greetings.

“The events in Ukraine and Gaza are clear proof of this,” he added, in his speech to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See. “We must not forget that serious violations of international humanitarian law are war crimes,” the Jesuit stressed, calling for a “greater commitment by the international community to the safeguarding and implementation of humanitarian law.”

The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza reported that at least 23,084 people have died in the besieged Palestinian territory since the war with Israel began on October 7.

In the last 24 hours, 249 were registered. In turn, a total of 58,926 people had been injured in the Gaza Strip during more than three months of clashes.

A senior Hezbollah military official was killed in an attack while he was in his vehicle on Monday in southern Lebanon, he told the agency. AFP a Lebanese security official.

This military leader who “played a leading role in directing military operations in the south“He died “in an Israeli bombing” in the town of Kherbet Selm, a dozen kilometers from the southern border, detailed the official who requested anonymity.

The Reuters agency also reported the death based on three security sources and identified him as Wissam al-Tawil, deputy head of a unit of the Radwan force. “This is a very painful attack,” declared one of the sources. Another warned that “now things will get worse.”

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant assured that the Israeli Army can “copy and paste” in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, the destruction caused by the offensive against the Gaza Strip, amid the rise in tensions with Hezbollah. , with whom he has been involved in clashes on the border for nearly three months.

“They see what is happening in Gaza. They know we can copy and paste it in Beirut“Gallant warned in statements to the American newspaper ‘The Wall Street Journal’, amid fears about a spread of the conflict after the death last week of the ‘number two’ of the political wing of Hamas Saleh al Ariuri, in an attack blamed on Israel. in Beirut.

The World Health Organization was forced to cancel a mission to bring medical supplies to northern Gaza after failing to receive security guarantees.

This is the fourth time that the WHO has had to abort a planned mission to deliver urgent medical supplies to al-Awda hospital and the central medicine warehouse in northern Gaza since December 26.

“It has been 12 days since we were last able to reach northern Gaza,” the WHO office in the occupied Palestinian territories wrote on the X social network.

“Intense shelling, movement restrictions and communications disruption are making the regular and safe delivery of medical supplies throughout Gaza, especially in the north, almost impossible.”

In the last few hours, the Israeli Army bombed a “military complex” in Hezbollah in the south of Lebanonas well as another “terrorist infrastructure”, in the midst of the uptick in clashes on the border after the death last week of the ‘number two’ of the political arm of Hamas in an attack blamed on Israel against Beirut.

“Overnight, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked a series of targets of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon,” it said in a statement published on its website.

The report indicates that the attacked military complex is located in the town of Marbin, and adds that other bombed targets include “a rocket launching point” and “terrorist infrastructure” in Aita al Shaab.

“During the last day, an Air Force drone attacked a launch point from which a shot was fired into Israeli territory and a combat helicopter attacked an area from which an anti-aircraft missile was launched,” he added.

He Secretary of state United States, Anthony Blinken, travels this Monday to Israel to hold difficult conversations about the war in Loopamid fears that the conflict will spread throughout middle East.

Protesters took part in a protest outside the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) in Jerusalem, where they demanded the resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government coalition and the calling of elections, while tension remains high in the country amid the war in Gaza .

Those mobilized blocked access to the parliamentary premises demanding “elections now”, and ended up being evicted by Israeli Police officers, who arrested one of them, according to local media.

The protests in Israel against the Government – the most right-wing in the country’s history – and its management since the start of the war in Gaza on October 7 – when it did not anticipate the Hamas attack that left some 1,200 dead and 240 hostages – once again led thousands of Israelis to demonstrate in the streets in recent months, where they also call for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli Army reported having bombed “about 30 significant terrorist targets” of Hamas in the Khan Younis area in the southern Gaza Strip over the last day.

Among the points attacked are “underground targets, terrorist infrastructures and weapons warehouses” and added that “these attacks help the forces maneuvering in the area to continue fighting.”

“The members of the Maglan Unit found more than ten terrorists in Khan Yunis in areas where rockets were launched against the territory of the State of Israel. After identification, they gave instructions to an unmanned device to eliminate them,” he explained.

Along these lines, he confirmed the “elimination” of other “terrorists” in the context of the fighting in Khan Yunis, before specifying that the military found “thousands of dollars and many weapons” in a tunnel located in an agricultural area in the center from the Gaza Strip.