250 Hezbollah fighters killed in 4 days in Lebanon, preparations for major operation

Last Updated on October 6, 2024 3:33 am

A Hamas military officer along with his wife and two daughters were killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting the Beddabi camp in northern Lebanon. Israel’s media reported that the army is preparing for a major operation targeting Iran, Lebanon and Gaza amid the ongoing attacks.

On the other hand, Iran has said that in case of any further attack, all gas fields of Israel will be destroyed together. News from the Jerusalem Post, Reuters, Sky News and Al-Jazeera.

A source close to Hamas said on Saturday that Saeed Atallah, the leader of Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades, was killed along with three family members. He was said to have been killed in an Israeli attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli, northern Lebanon.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched an attack targeting the ‘Hezbollah Command Center’ near a hospital in southern Lebanon.

Hashem Safiedine, a cousin of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, has been missing since Friday’s attack, Reuters reported, citing Lebanese security sources. He was considered to replace Nasrullah.

Israel’s official media KAN and other mass media reported that the Israeli army is preparing for a large-scale operation targeting Iran, Lebanon and Gaza in multiple directions. According to the report, the country’s army has planned to respond to the missile attack on Israel.

Israeli authorities say that Israel hopes that Western allies against Iranian hegemony will also join them in this operation. The news came on the eve of the arrival of the head of the US military in the region to Israel to discuss the operation.

According to the report, on the one year anniversary of the Gaza operation, the Israeli army has planned a strong operation around the area around the Netzerim Corridor. And the Lebanon campaign will be as needed. The army said it would further expand its limited operations in southern Lebanon.

In a message posted on social media X on Friday, the IDF said that at least 250 Hezbollah fighters have been killed since Israeli ground forces launched an operation in Lebanon on October 1. Among the dead were 21 Hezbollah commanders at various levels, while the rest were all ordinary fighters.

Meanwhile, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said that more than 2,000 people were martyred in the Israeli attack. The Ministry of Health says that two thousand and twenty-three Lebanese civilians have been martyred so far in Israel’s massive attack. Among them there are 127 children and 261 women. At the same time 9 thousand 526 people were injured. Due to the indiscriminate attacks by Israel, 1.2 million Lebanese have been forced to leave their homes and seek refuge elsewhere.

All of Israel’s gas fields will be destroyed at once:

Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that if any new aggression is attempted in Iran, all of Israel’s energy facilities will be destroyed together.

IRGC Deputy Commander Major General Ali Fadavi warned in an interview given to Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen TV channel on Friday that if Israel attacks Iran, the Zionist Israel will put its existence at risk.

He said, “If the occupying government makes any mistake, then we will attack all its sources of energy, all power plants, all oil refineries and gas fields simultaneously.”

The commander of IRGC said, Iran is a huge country, which has a multifaceted economic center. But Israel has only three power plants and a few refineries.

General Fadavi said, “We have the ability to attack those centers simultaneously.”