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HIZBALLÁH (LEBANON 🇱🇧) ⏳ ISRAEL 🇮🇱
- Hizballáh was ready to launch 6,700 Rockets, missiles, and explosive UAV’s from 40 Lebanon military bases at Israeli families, homes, and communities at 5 a.m. on Sunday…
- …but planned attack was thwarted by a preemptive Israeli strike by 100 IAF planes which strucked “thousands of rocket launchers” across Lebanon just minutes beforehand…
- …and then intercepted most of the 230 rockets and 20 drones Hezbollah did fire.
- Hamas and Houthis congratulated Hezbollah: „A big and brave attack against Israel”.
- No military base in Israel was hit, and no target in the center of the country was hit by Hezbollah’s barrages.
- PM says strikes on Hezbollah ‘not end of story’ as allies warn against escalation.
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IRAN 🇮🇷
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a phone call to the Italian Foreign Minister that Iran’s reaction is inevitable
- US Secretary of Defense Austin reiterated its commitment to protecting Israel from Iran and its allies.
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HOSTAGES🎗️
- Hamas rejects ‚new‘ ceasefire conditions & Cairo talks over Gaza end without agreement
- The terrorist who was killed in yesterday’s ramming terror attack in Ariel was a released prisoner from round-1 Hamas ceasefire deal.
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ISRAEL 🇮🇱 LEBANON 🇱🇧 GAZA, JUDEA & SAMARIA (so called West bank)
- IDF destroyed the launcher situated 25 meters from a school in Gaza from which a rocket was fired toward Rishon Lezion on Sunday night.
- HAMAS leader Yahya Sinwar has abandoned Gaza’s terror tunnels and is hiding among Palestinians „dressed as a woman“, Israeli intelligence sources said last night.
- Israel coordinates delivery of 25,100 polio vaccine vials to Gaza amid fears of outbreak
- IDF in pursuit of terrorists after bomb detonates on West Bank bus.
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GERMANY 🇩🇪
- Islamic State on Saturday claimed a terrorist attack in Solingen, Germany that killed three people and wounded eight others. The organization described the attacker as a “soldier of the Islamic State,” who had targeted Christians specifically “to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.”
- Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to step up deportations and bring down irregular migration on Monday during a visit to the city of Solingen, where three people were killed in a mass stabbing over the weekend. https://lnk.sk/tve6
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ITALY 🇮🇹
- The New Communist Party, a radical left-wing group circulates a list of over 150 Jewish, Israeli, and others allegedly supporting and collaborating with Israel, labeling them as ‚Zionist agents who must be condemned and fought against‘
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Practical information:
- British Airways suspends Israel travel until Aug. 28.
Sources: Israel Realtime, The Jerusalem Post, Ha’aretz and The Times of Israel
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