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Israeli forces have attacked Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. The radio that exploded there yesterday had not been produced for 10 years, according to the manufacturer. Live blog development.
Israeli security forces say they have arrested an Israeli national suspected of involvement in an Iran-backed plot to assassinate a senior politician.
A businessman with ties to Turkiye. Reports say he attended at least two meetings in Iran discussing possible assassination attempts against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galland and the head of Israel’s domestic intelligence service.
The Islamic terrorist group Hezbollah, which is suspected of systematically blowing up two-way radios in Lebanon, has announced the deaths of 20 of its members.
The militia said 20 people were killed, without officially giving a cause. However, Hezbollah said they were killed in a radio explosion.
The Israeli military said it attacked several Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon with fighter jets and artillery overnight. Several villages in the area reported attacks, including an arms depot belonging to the radical Islamist militia.
Several civilians were injured in Israel when an anti-tank missile was fired from Lebanon, according to unconfirmed media reports.
According to the Japanese manufacturer, the radio that exploded in Lebanon had not been produced for 10 years. The IC-V82 is a portable radio that was manufactured and exported from 2004 to October 2014, including to the Middle East. “Production was discontinued about 10 years ago, and our company no longer supplies the product.”
According to media reports, the radio that exploded on Wednesday had the Icom logo on it. The company said that “production of the batteries needed to operate the unit has also been halted.”
Icom also noted that the devices did not have holographic seals or similar anti-counterfeiting measures installed, so it “cannot confirm whether the radios are our own or counterfeit.”
Senior diplomats from the US, UK, Germany, France and Italy are meeting in Paris today to discuss the situation in the Middle East. According to Paris diplomats, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend the meeting in the French capital after reiterating the importance of a ceasefire during his earlier visit to Cairo. According to Paris, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) is also attending. However, the Foreign Ministry said the German Foreign Ministry’s political director will attend the hastily scheduled meeting.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who also attended, said the Gaza ceasefire and the situation in Lebanon would be discussed. The war in Ukraine would also be an issue. Britain initially declined to confirm its participation.
Israel’s highest court has urged authorities to follow the law when operating a controversial detention facility in the south. The court said the Sde Teyman detention center must follow Israeli law governing how enemy combatants are treated in times of war. However, the court did not order its closure. Human rights groups say Palestinians have been abused at the facility. Detainees are shackled, blindfolded and forced to sit in rows in warehouse-like structures under 24-hour floodlights. Detainees are poorly fed and abuse by Israeli soldiers is common.
“Protecting the rule of law even in the midst of a difficult war clearly demonstrates the difference between a democratic state fighting for its life and a terrorist organization trying to destroy it,” said Chief Justice Usi Vogelman. The judgment. The Israeli government said it had moved most of the prisoners out of the facility after the court challenged its operation. It plans to expand the existing facility and improve it. Since the start of the Gaza war, Israel has expelled thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, often detaining them without charge or trial before releasing them.
Wednesday Live Blog for Reading
The UN Security Council wants to hold an emergency meeting on Friday over concerns about the Lebanon explosion. The UN General Assembly has called for Israel to withdraw. Here is a live blog you can read.
