We are not afraid to go to war with Israel, said the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hasan Nasrallah, in a speech broadcast live on TV from an undisclosed location.
"It's the Israelis who are afraid to go to war with us. We are always ready," Nasrallah added.
"We continue to fight on our front to prevent Israel from launching a war against Lebanon," Nasrallah said. "The enemy's threats are useless, they have been of no use during these first 100 days (of war) and they will never be useful."
Meanwhile, the toll of the attack by Lebanese Shiite militiamen, who launched an anti-tank rocket from Lebanon towards the village of Kfar Yuval, rises to 2. A 70-year-old Israeli woman, Mira Ayalon, and her son Barak Ayalon lost their lives. The woman's husband was also injured in the attack.
Raisi: 'Normalizing relations with Israel does not give security'
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stated that those seeking to normalize relations with the "Zionist regime" should know that this does not create security for either the countries in the region or Israel. This was reported by the IRNA news agency. Speaking at the Al-Aqsa Flood event, Raisi said Iran had made the Palestinian issue "the most important in the Islamic world" and praised Iran for leading the fight against Israel.
"Iran's resistance has paid off," he said, "the Palestinians, on their own initiative, have turned the war with stones into a war with missiles and drones."
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Egypt and China call for ceasefire in Gaza
The foreign ministers of Egypt and China have jointly called for a ceasefire on the 100th day of the war in Gaza and the creation of a "State of Palestine" that is a full member of the United Nations.
In a joint press conference at the start of Wang Yi's tour of Africa, China's foreign minister said he and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Choukri are in favor of "an independent and sovereign state of Palestine within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital." In a joint press release, the two men also called for "an end to violence and clashes."
Hamas: Gaza death toll rises to 23,968. 188 Israeli soldiers killed
The death toll in the Gaza Strip from the war between Israel and Hamas has risen to 23,968 dead, the Hamas-led Strip Health Ministry has announced.
On the other side, the Israeli army announced the death of another soldier who died in combat in southern Gaza. This was announced by the military spokesman explaining that it is Andu'alem Kabeda (21 years old). The toll of soldiers killed in Gaza since the start of the ground operation is now 188.
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