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Tensions rise across Israeli borders BY DAVID SAFFER
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Tensions have risen across Israeli borders, the Middle East and Iran this week. Israel Defence Forces continue to target Hamas strongholds across Gaza including Khan Yunis but are prepared for an escalation of hostilities after a drone struck a third floor Beirut apartment killing Salah al-Arouri, Hamas’s number two, during a meeting of Palestinian leaders on Tuesday. According to reports the IDF have moved the Iron Dome missile defence system north as a precaution for a Hamas and Hezbollah attacks. Amidst increasingly complex political circumstances, the United States said there is no indication Israel was responsible for explosions in Iran, also on Tuesday, that killed around 100 people commemorating the anniversary of IRGC senior member Qassem Soleimani killed in a US attack in 2020. President Joe Biden has informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US is maintaining a “significant presence” in the region. This followed reports of a redeployment of aircraft carriers and battleships from the Red Sea. The US and United Kingdom are among 12 states calling for an ‘immediate end’ to attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on commercial shipping in the strait. It has also been reported that Israel’s war
was cabinet will discuss a plan by the Nation- produced an opportunity to change the situaal Security Council for the ‘day after fighting’. tion very significantly in the south and in the However, negotiations for around 130 hostages north and as a whole in the regional posture.” in Gaza have stalled, though, diplomatic channels remain. Continued on page 2 IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told media outlets yesterday that Israel was prepared to defend all fronts. The IDF had also investigated buildings for a possible terror tunnel near Jewish communities in Hebron after reports ‘residents of Telem and Adora heard digging noises’. “In Khan Yunis, our forces continue to operate underground,” Hagari said. “This operation takes time, both for our forces’ safety and because we use classified Hagari added: “In and new methods.” the central camps, we continue to strike. There is a significant operation there and terrorists are killed daily. These sites, where Hamas produces and assembles rockets, some are located underground with turing machinery, significant manufacincluding some from other countries, including Iran.” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Halevi a situation assessbacked Hagari during ment on the northern border, stating: FEATURE ON PAGE 8 prepared. Despite “We are very strongly difficult circumstances, the war has
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