The Middle East is on high alert for October 7 anniversary attacks as Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza and Lebanon
A fire following Israeli bombardment on Lebanon last week. Israel’s military has intensified its air strikes on Gaza and Lebanon in recent days, including on Hezbollah intelligence targets.
The Middle East is on high alert for military strikes timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks on Israel.
On this day last year, Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel throughout 22 different border communities that killed more than 1,200 people and left 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli figures.
The Israeli response to the attacks was one of the deadliest in the history of Gaza. It launched a series of air strikes and a ground invasion of Gaza that killed 41,600 Palestinians in a year, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
On Monday, memorials were held across Israel to mark the anniversary. “We’re still stuck in October 7th, 2023, in one unending day of terror, of fear, of anger, of despair,” Yuval Baron, whose father-in-law Keith Siegel is a hostage in Gaza, told Reuters.
According to Reuters, some Palestinians with entry permits to Israel were unable to enter the country on Monday.
Military spokesperson Adm. Daniel Hagari said: “We are ready with increased forces in anticipation for this day.”
In Iran, airports were temporarily closed on Sunday amid fears that Israel could strike infrastructure facilities in response to its missile attacks last week.
Meanwhile, on Monday, Hezbollah said its rockets hit a military base south of Haifa in the first direct strike on Israel’s third-largest city. Israeli media said 10 people were injured.
Fifteen other rockets were fired at the Israeli city of Tiberias on Monday, according to Israeli officials.
In the early hours of the anniversary of the attacks, the IDF posted on Telegram that five projectiles were fired into Tel Aviv from Gaza.
Israeli authorities said two people were lightly injured, per The Wall Street Journal.
Israel’s military also intensified its air strikes on Gaza and Lebanon, including Hezbollah intelligence targets and a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the area of Beirut.
It said it killed Khader Ali Tawil, a Hezbollah commander believed to be behind an attack on the Israeli town of Kfar Yuval in January.
Georgios Petropoulos, head of the UN Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) suboffice in Gaza, told CNN that he was “woken up by renewed bombing here in Rafah, Gaza on Monday.
The Middle East is on high alert for military strikes timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks on Israel.
On this day last year, Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel throughout 22 different border communities that killed more than 1,200 people and left 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli figures.
The Israeli response to the attacks was one of the deadliest in the history of Gaza. It launched a series of air strikes and a ground invasion of Gaza that killed 41,600 Palestinians in a year, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
On Monday, memorials were held across Israel to mark the anniversary. “We’re still stuck in October 7th, 2023, in one unending day of terror, of fear, of anger, of despair,” Yuval Baron, whose father-in-law Keith Siegel is a hostage in Gaza, told Reuters.
According to Reuters, some Palestinians with entry permits to Israel were unable to enter the country on Monday.
Military spokesperson Adm. Daniel Hagari said: “We are ready with increased forces in anticipation for this day.”
In Iran, airports were temporarily closed on Sunday amid fears that Israel could strike infrastructure facilities in response to its missile attacks last week.
Meanwhile, on Monday, Hezbollah said its rockets hit a military base south of Haifa in the first direct strike on Israel’s third-largest city. Israeli media said 10 people were injured.
Fifteen other rockets were fired at the Israeli city of Tiberias on Monday, according to Israeli officials.
In the early hours of the anniversary of the attacks, the IDF posted on Telegram that five projectiles were fired into Tel Aviv from Gaza.
Israeli authorities said two people were lightly injured, per The Wall Street Journal.
Israel’s military also intensified its air strikes on Gaza and Lebanon, including Hezbollah intelligence targets and a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the area of Beirut.
It said it killed Khader Ali Tawil, a Hezbollah commander believed to be behind an attack on the Israeli town of Kfar Yuval in January.
Georgios Petropoulos, head of the UN Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) suboffice in Gaza, told CNN that he was “woken up by renewed bombing here in Rafah, Gaza on Monday.
