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Fighting continued on Thursday on several fronts in the Middle East, claiming the lives of at least 16 people.
Five people were killed in northern Israel by a rocket fired from Lebanon, including a farmer and four foreign workers, authorities said. Meanwhile, Lebanon announced that eight people were killed in the southern part of the state.
Palestinian officials say three people were killed during an Israeli attack in the West Bank. The Israeli army announced that it has attacked the weapons depots of the militant group Hezbollah and its bases in Syria. According to the Israeli military, in these Syrian bases, along the Syria-Lebanon border, the Hezbollah group has begun to collect weapons before smuggling them into Lebanon.
Israel warned residents of the town of Baalbek, in eastern Lebanon, to leave for the second day in a row. On Wednesday, Israel carried out airstrikes hitting Hezbollah group facilities in and around the city known for its Roman temples.
Dozens of vehicles were seen leaving the area after Israel issued an evacuation warning, while plumes of smoke were seen in the sky over Douris, a nearby town. The Israeli military carried out airstrikes a day earlier in Douris, which Israel's military and a Lebanese security source said destroyed oil reserves of the Hezbollah group.
American and Israeli mediators have met in Israel to discuss efforts to reach a cease-fire agreement in Lebanon, where Israeli forces are fighting the Hezbollah group, and in Gaza, where they are fighting the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Both organizations, which have financial and military support from Iran, have been designated terrorist organizations by the United States.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US mediator Amos Hochstein and Middle East adviser Brett McGurk that a ceasefire deal with the Hezbollah group should provide guarantees for Israel's security.
"The prime minister has said that the main issue is not what is written on paper about this agreement or any other, but Israel's determination and capacity to ensure that the agreement is implemented and to thwart all security threats from Lebanon," he reported. Prime Minister Netanyahu's office after the meeting in Jerusalem.
Talks have focused on a possible 60-day ceasefire agreement that would allow the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1701. This resolution calls on the Hezbollah group to withdraw its military presence from an area near the border with Israel.
Drejtuesi i sapoemëruar i grupit Naim Kassem tha gjatë kësaj jave se grupi militant libanez nuk heq dorë nga lufta pa iu ofruar një marrëveshje, kushtet e të cilës të jenë të pranueshme për ta.
Vrasja e gjashtë anëtarëve të personelit mjekësor dhe plagosja e katër të tjerëve në tre sulme të ndara, përgjatë Libanit jugor të enjten, e çoi numrin e përgjithëm të të vdekurve mes personelit mjekësor në 178.
Grupi militant libanez njoftoi se ka hedhur disa raketa dhe ka kryer disa sulme artilerie ndaj forcave izraelite në afërsi të qytetit Khiyam, të enjten. Kjo është dita e katërt gjatë të cilës janë zhvilluar luftime në qytetin me rëndësi strategjike ku jeton një prej komuniteteve më të mëdha shiite në Libanin jugor.
Hezbollahu synon t'i mbajë forcat izraelite jashtë qytetit për të frenuar shkatërrimin me eksplozivë të shtëpive dhe ndërtesave, siç ka ndodhur në një shkallë të gjerë në qytetet e tjera kufitare, që kanë rënë në duart e ushtrisë izraelite, tha për agjencinë e lajmeve Reuters një burim i njohur me operacionet e këtij grupi.
Hezbollahu thotë se luftëtarët e tij kanë frenuar përparimin e forcave izraelite në disa fshatra në jug të Libanit, ndërsa Izraeli thotë se po kryen operacione të kufizuara tokësore, që kanë për qëllim shkatërrimin e infrastrukturës së grupit.
Në shënjestër të sulmeve ajrore izraelite në Bregun Perëndimor ishte edhe kampi i refugjatëve Nur Shams. Ushtria izraelite tha se në shënjestër të këtyre sulmeve ishte "infrastruktura terroriste" dhe nga sulmet u vra një militant i Hamasit, i cili ishte përfshirë në planifikimin e sulmeve në Izrael.
Që kur Hamasi sulmoi Izraelin jugor në tetor të vitit 2023, forcat izraelite kanë vrarë të paktën 763 palestinezë në Bregun Perëndimor, sipas Ministrisë palestineze të Shëndetësisë.
Presidenti amerikan Joe Biden dhe homologu i tij qipriot Nikos Christodoulides u takuan në Shtëpinë e Bardhë të mërkurën për të diskutuar mbi mënyrat e përfundimit të luftës në Liban dhe Rripin e Gazës.
Qiproja, vendi gjeografikisht më i afërt i Bashkimit Evropian me Gazën, ka luajtur një rol kyç në lehtësimin e dërgimit të ndihmave humanitare për civilët palestinezë.
Pas takimit të tij me Presidentin Biden, zoti Christodoulides tha se ai ishte "mjaft optimist" se një marrëveshje armëpushimi për t’i dhënë fund luftës në Liban do të arrihej së shpejti.
Izraeli po kërkon që Hezbollahu të tërhiqet në veri të lumit Litani, rreth 30 kilometra nga kufiri Izrael-Liban. Izraeli gjithashtu dëshiron dislokimin e ushtrisë libaneze përgjatë kufirit, një mekanizëm ndërkombëtar ndërhyrjeje për të zbatuar armëpushimin dhe të ketë të drejtën të përgjigjet ushtarakisht në rast kërcënimesh.
Lufta në Liban shpërtheu në fund të muajit të kaluar, gati një vit pasi Hezbollahu filloi sulmet ndërkufitare me intensitet të ulët në Izrael në mbështetje të Hamasit.
The conflict in the region began after Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed and around 250 were kidnapped. Israel says it believes Hamas continues to hold about 101 hostages, including 35 dead.
Israel's retaliatory offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed more than 43,100 Palestinians, according to health authorities there. Israel says that thousands of militants are among the dead. As a result of the Israeli attacks, most of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed, while the fighting and evacuation orders have caused the displacement of about 90% of the 2.3 million inhabitants of Gaza.
Some of the data used in this article was obtained from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters news agencies./VOA
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