The attack by Israeli forces on the Al Aqsa Mosque, the firing of rockets into Israel from Gaza and southern Lebanon and the Israeli shelling of the Strip are heightening tensions in the area.
The tensions in Israel and Palestine It has intensified in recent days, after Israeli forces stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque, leaving several injured and detained, and several rockets fired from Gaza and southern Lebanon.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) this Thursday accused the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which is present in the Gaza Strip, of being behind the launch of 34 missiles from South Lebanon.
“We know for certain that it was Palestinian fire, either from Hamas or from Islamic Jihad,” said Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, spokesman for the Israeli army. The spokesman has ruled out that the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah was the author of the projectile firing, although he has qualified that “he was certainly aware because they control everything that happens in southern Lebanon”.
This umpteenth episode of hostilities takes place afterwards Israel is going to bomb Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire by Palestinians, all amid tensions over disputes surrounding the Al Aqsa Mosque, located on the Mosque Esplanade.
Israeli police broke into the Jerusalem mosque on two consecutive nightsand they have launched rubber bullets, grenades and tear gas to disperse the Muslim faithful on a particularly symbolic night of Pesaj, the Jewish Passover, and in the middle of the month of Ramadan.
The Lebanese government has called on the international community to “apply pressure” on Israel to avoid a major escalation. “Lebanon expresses interest in peace and stability in the south of the country and calls on the international community to put pressure on Israel to halt the escalation,” the foreign ministry said.
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