Israel News for 9-20-2024
News Update
Yesterday afternoon, dozens of Israeli aircraft struck around 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon, containing hundreds of rockets aimed at Israel.
Hezbollah fired a large barrage of rockets at the northern town of Metula, damaging 50 houses. At least 70 rocket wee fired at Safed, 50 at Meron and 70 at the southern Golan. U.S. officials do not believe that an Israeli ground invasion is imminent, since reserves have not been called up. The U.S. and its European allies called for a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
Hezbollah is reportedly struggling to regroup amid worries about the extent to which its communications infrastructure was compromised by Israel. Hezbollah leader Nasrallah said in a speech in Lebanon yesterday, “There is no doubt that we have been subjected to a major security and humanitarian blow that is unprecedented in the history of the resistance in Lebanon at least and unprecedented in the history of Lebanon.” Israeli jets also flew over Beirut, setting off sonic booms, during his speech.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, U.S. officials don’t think a hostage deal will be reached during President Biden’s term in office. According to the officials, one of the main challenges is the number of prisoners Hamas is demanding in exchange for the hostages. Another challenge is that Hamas refuses to agree to demands that they have made, which have already been agreed to by Israel.
