In a speech broadcast live on Tuesday, August 6, Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah would retaliate “alone or as part of a unified response from the entire axis” resistance movement, led by Tehran and which brings together its allies in the region. A few hours before the speech of the leader of the Lebanese movement, the Israeli air force flew at low altitude over Beirut and broke the sound barrier. Follow our live stream.
Palestinian officials say 12 dead in two Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank. Five people were killed in the Jenin region (north) and four in the Tubas district (northeast), during raids carried out by Israeli forces at dawn, the Palestinian Red Crescent and the Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah said. For its part, the Israeli army announced that it had struck “armed terrorist cells” in the Jenin region.
Israel bombs house in southern Lebanon. “Four people killed in Israeli strike on house”in the village of Mayfadoun, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced. Quoted by AFP, a Lebanese security source specified that they were fighters from Hezbollah, a movement allied with Iran and the Palestinian Hamas. This information has not been officially confirmed at this stage, however.
No arrests yet in Ismail Haniyeh assassination investigation. Iran has so far not carried out “no arrests” in the investigation into the assassination in Tehran of the political leader of the Palestinian Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh. The results of the investigations “will be announced as soon as the investigation is completed”a spokesman said. Iran and Hamas have accused Israel of being behind the assassination and vowed to retaliate, while the Jewish state has not commented on the matter.
China advises its nationals against going to Lebanon. “Given the current special circumstances”Chinese nationals traveling to Lebanon “could face higher security risks“the Chinese embassy in Beirut said. Chinese citizens are expected to be “very vigilant, strengthen their security measures and be prepared for emergency situations”according to a press release.
The United States says it is working to avoid an escalation. US President Joe Biden held an emergency meeting on Monday regarding THE “threats to Israel and US troops in the region posed by Iran and its affiliated groups”according to the White House. At the end of this, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured the press that the United States was working “day and night” to avoid an escalation in the region.