US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to begin a tour of the Middle East in Israel on Tuesday in a new push for an elusive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip after more than a year of war there and to contain the regional escalation.
BEIRUT - Israel said Monday it struck around 300 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon over 24 hours, ramping up its offensive to hit the group's finances, as the United States called for the war to end"as soon as possible".
The money in the vault was"being used to finance Hezbollah's attacks on Israel", Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a memorial was being held nearby for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israel last week in Gaza, more than a year into the war triggered by Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack on Israel.Earlier, the army said it had struck nearly 30 targets belonging to the Hezbollah-linked financial firm.
Hezbollah-affiliated rescuers told AFP they were looking for survivors amid the devastation in Ouzai. But Hezbollah remained in south Lebanon, and started launching low-intensity cross-border strikes into Israel last year in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas.
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