At least 30 rockets were launched at Israel in the early hours of this morning, writes Ynet, specifying that the targets of the barrage were in particular the Galilee and the Golan Heights. According to other indications, some missiles hit Mount Meron while others were intercepted. In the north of the country, warning sirens sounded. Hezbollah soon took responsibility for the action. In a statement, the terrorist group said it was targeting an Israeli military installation in the area. The attack, the organization says, is “an initial response” to Israel’s alleged assassination of Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon last week.
Meanwhile, the head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, is in Turkey today, the first stop on a trip that will take him to Israel, the occupied West Bank and Qatar, to ask for more help for Gaza and talk about how to avoid a regional conflagration. three months after the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. This is the US Secretary of State’s fourth mission since October which, after disagreements between the US and Israel over Tel Aviv’s continued attacks on Gaza, promises to be very difficult. During a meeting in November, Blinken told Netanyahu that the Israelis would have to accept a series of pauses in fighting in Gaza to get more aid to the war zone. But Erdogan remains one of Israel’s most vocal critics, as the Ankara strongman, who has failed to play a mediating role between the Israelis and Hamas, Israel is a “terrorist state” and the Islamic group a “group of liberators.”
Source: IL Tempo
John Cameron is a journalist at The Nation View specializing in world news and current events, particularly in international politics and diplomacy. With expertise in international relations, he covers a range of topics including conflicts, politics and economic trends.
