As of: February 9, 2024, 7:50 a.m
By: Nail Akkoyun
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Hezbollah vows revenge after an Israeli attack.
There are several airstrikes in Rafah.
The news ticker about the war in Israel.
Biden
criticizes
Israel
: “Action in the Gaza Strip is excessive”
Air strikes
on
Rafah
: Several people are apparently killed in attacks by the Israeli army
The information processed here about the war in Israel and the fight against Hamas in the Gaza Strip
comes from local and international media as well as news agencies.
Much of the information cannot be independently verified.
Update from February 9th, 7:48 a.m.:
In response to an Israeli drone attack on the vehicle of a high-ranking Hezbollah member, the Lebanese terrorist militia has launched a new series of attacks against northern Israel.
The Israeli army had not previously claimed responsibility for the attack in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatea.
However, both Arab and Israeli media reported the incident and identified the Hezbollah member as Abbas al-Debs.
A Hezbollah spokesman would neither confirm nor deny the target's identity, telling
Newsweek
that "Debs' name was mentioned by Israel, not us."
He further claimed that no one was killed and there were “only injured people.”
He then threatened that sirens would sound in “a number of settlements” in Israel.
Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon.
(Archive photo) © Ayal Margolin/Imago
Biden criticizes Israel: “Action in the Gaza Strip is excessive”
First report:
Tel Aviv/Gaza - While things remained relatively quiet in Israel and the Gaza Strip on Friday night (February 9th), US President Joe Biden tightened his tone towards Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the action against the terrorist militia Hamas described as disproportionate.
“I believe the response in Gaza has been excessive,” Biden said.
There are many innocent people who are starving, in need or even dying.
“This has to stop.” During his appearance in front of the press, the Democrat actually spoke about a domestic political issue, but at the end he answered a question about the crisis in the Middle East.
The USA has long been urging Israel to increase protection of the civilian population and provide more aid to the population in Gaza.
However, the US government's recent statements indicate increasing discontent with the resonance of its appeals with the Israeli leadership.
Air strikes on Rafah: Apparently several people killed
According to media reports, Israeli air strikes took place overnight on Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip.
According to the Qatari-operated broadcaster
Al Jazeera,
several people were killed in the attack on residential areas.
Israel has stepped up airstrikes on Rafah in recent days after Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed to expand the military offensive on the city to advance the war against Hamas.
In this case, too, the United States warned urgently of catastrophic consequences for the civilian population if the operation were extended to the city.
It was only on Wednesday (February 7th) that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken struck a strikingly clear note during a visit to Israel and warned the military leadership to do more to protect civilians in the Gaza war.
The dehumanization that Israel experienced in the Hamas massacre in October “cannot be a license” to dehumanize others, Blinken said in Tel Aviv.
(talk to agencies)