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Rescue team gathered near the building destroyed in Israeli air attack.
On Thursday, Israel carried out airstrikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and an area near it. Of these, 15 people died and 16 were injured. Syrian government agency SANA gave this information.
Two buildings were attacked in the Mazeh area of Damascus and in the Qudsaya suburb. The basement of a five-storey building in Majeh was badly damaged by the missile.
The Israeli army said that it targeted the positions of the Islamic Jihad Organization. According to the army, the organization was involved in attacks along with Hamas on October 7, 2023, in which more than 1,200 Israeli civilians were killed and 250 people were taken hostage.
Security officials investigate a building destroyed by an Israeli strike in Damascus, Syria.
More than 3 thousand deaths so far in Lebanon In Lebanon too, 3,365 people have died and 14,344 have been injured in Israeli air strikes. The Israeli military said it attacked more than 300 targets in Lebanon in the past week.
4 days ago Hezbollah fired 165 rockets at Israel Hezbollah attacked Israel with more than 165 rockets on Monday. 7 people including a child have been injured in this attack in Israel's northern city of Bina. Apart from this, the city of Galilee was also targeted in this attack. 55 rockets were fired here.
Whereas Hezbollah fired 90 rockets on Haifa city. According to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Hezbollah fired 80 rockets at Haifa for the first time. Most of them were shot down in the air. In the second time, 10 rockets were fired.
The IDF destroyed Hezbollah's rocket launchers hours after the attack on Haifa.
Israeli residential buildings were also damaged in the attack.
Israel took responsibility for pager-walkie-talkie attack after 54 days
Israel has taken responsibility after 54 days for the serial blasts that took place in the pager (communication device) of Hezbollah members in Lebanon on September 17. Prime Minister Netanyahu admitted on Sunday that he had approved the attack regarding Israel's security.
Netanyahu spokesperson Omar Dostri told news agency AFP – In the cabinet meeting held on Sunday, PM Netanyahu confirmed that he had ordered the pager attack in Lebanon. However, Omar did not give detailed information about this attack.
According to the Times of Israel, Netanyahu said that the defense agency and senior officials were against the pager attack and the operation to kill Nasrallah, the then chief of Hezbollah. Despite opposition, I gave direct orders for the attack.
A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the pager attack in Lebanon was approved by Netanyahu.
More than 3 thousand were injured in the pager attack
About 40 people linked to Hezbollah were killed in pager blasts on 17 September and a walkie-talkie attack on 18 September. More than three thousand people were also injured.
On September 27, after giving a speech at the UN, Netanyahu gave permission to attack Hezbollah's headquarters in Lebanon with an 80-ton bomb from his hotel room. 20 hours later, Hezbollah confirmed Nasrallah's death.
According to the New York Times, Israeli leaders had been aware of Nasrallah's location for several months. They had planned to attack him a week in advance. In fact, Israeli officials feared that Nasrallah would shift to another location in a few days.
In such a situation, they had very little time to attack him.
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