what to remember from Sunday October 13

Sunday was punctuated by new incidents between the Israeli army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

Tension continues to rise between Lebanon and Israel. The Israeli army affirmed on Sunday October 13 that it was engaged in close combat with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese movement claims to have ambushed Israeli soldiers. Here’s what to remember from the day.

Hezbollah claims drone attack, Israel deplores more than 60 injured

In the evening, Lebanese Hezbollah announced that it had launched explosive drones against a military position near Haifa, the largest city in northern Israel. In a press release, the pro-Iranian formation specifies that its fighters launched “a squadron of explosive drones at a Golani brigade training camp in Binyamina, south of Haifa”and dedicates this attack to its leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed on September 27 in an Israeli strike near Beirut.

This attack left more than 60 people injured, according to United Hatzalah, an Israeli volunteer relief organization. The latter affirms that the medical teams “provide assistance to more than 60 injured people with varying degrees of injuries: critical, serious, moderate and light” in the sector.

UNIFIL accuses two Israeli tanks of having “forcibly entered” one of its positions and demands “explanations”

The United Nations Interim Force deployed in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) accused two Israeli tanks of forcibly entering one of its positions in Ramyah. In a press release, UNIFIL also specifies that on Saturday, “Israeli army soldiers blocked a crucial UNIFIL logistical movement near Meiss el-Jabal, denying it passage. This crucial movement could not be carried out”regrets the organization, which asks the Israeli army “explanations” After “shocking violations”.

For its part, the Israeli army responded in a statement that it was in fact “under enemy fire”forcing her to “back several meters to a UNIFIL post”ensuring that once “enemy fire has stopped”, “the tank left the post”. She adds that the activity of the Israeli army “represented no danger to UNIFIL forces”.

Benjamin Netanyahu tells peacekeepers to take “shelter”

The Israeli Prime Minister called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take soldiers of the United Nations Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) “to safety immediately”. “We must do it immediately,” added Benjamin Netanyahu during a filmed speech.

Tense exchanges between Giorgia Meloni and Benjamin Netanyahu

This injunction from the Israeli leader did not fail to provoke a reaction from the Italian Prime Minister, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the G7 and which sends more than 1,000 solats to UNIFIL. Giorgia Meloni thus replied to her Israeli counterpart, during a telephone exchange, that“tackle” the UN organization was “unacceptable”. And she has “stressed the absolute need for the security of UNIFIL personnel to be guaranteed at all times”.

Iran says it is “totally ready” for conflict

In this tense regional context, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared that Iran had no “not afraid of war”. “But we don’t want it, he hastened to add. “We want peace and we will work for a just peace in Gaza and Lebanon”he said during a visit to Baghdad alongside his Iraqi counterpart.

During a telephone interview, French President Emmanuel Macron called on his Iranian counterpart Massoud Pezeshkian in the evening to support “a general de-escalation” in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. The French president stressed “Iran’s responsibility to support a general de-escalation and to use its influence in this direction with the destabilizing actors who receive its support”announced the French presidency.

Washington deploys anti-missile system in Israel

The Pentagon announced the deployment in Israel of an American high-altitude anti-missile defense system, called THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense). The objective is “to help strengthen air defenses” of its ally against Iran, after the attacks that the country perpetrated against the Jewish state in April and October 1, justified the Pentagon spokesperson, General Pat Ryder, in a press release.

Israeli raid injures rescue workers

According to the Red Cross, several of its rescuers were injured in southern Lebanon. “While the team was looking for victims to rescue, the house was hit for a second time, causing concussions to the rescuers and damage to two ambulances”said the NGO.

Hezbollah fighter captured in Lebanon

The Israeli army claimed to have captured a Hezbollah fighter in a tunnel in southern Lebanon. This is the first such announcement since the launch of a cross-border ground offensive on September 30.