tension rises with Gaza and Lebanon

A security cordon is deployed in the center of Tel Aviv (Israel). Friday evening, April 7, a ram attack took place, leaving one dead and several injured. This attack comes in a climate of tension in the Middle East. Last night the Israeli army carried out a series of airstrikes in Gaza, leaving huge craters in the ground and extensive material damage. Before dawn, Israel strikes southern Lebanon in turn. Houses are bombed. The army claims to have targeted the infrastructure of the Palestinian movement Hamas. The strikes were carried out in response to around 30 rockets fired from Lebanon into northern Israel on Thursday afternoon, Jewish Easter.

The highest tensions since 2006

In the West Bank, two 20-year-old Israelis were killed. Their car was targeted by Palestinian gunmen. Clashes that erupted after Tuesday night’s clashes in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Israeli forces burst into this holy place for Muslims in the middle of Ramadan, to dislodge the faithful who had barricaded themselves there. This sudden rise in tensions has not had an equivalent since 2006. London, Paris and Moscow are calling for de-escalation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to show firmness. For its part, Lebanon says it condemns the firing of rockets from its territory and claims to want calm.