BEIRUT: Hezbollah left the door open to a negotiated ceasefire on Tuesday (Oct 8) after Israeli forces made new incursions in Lebanon, and Israel's defence minister said another senior
Senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine in Beirut's southern suburbs on Oct 12, 2023. Israel 's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Oct 8,2024, that Safieddine appeared to have been killed after an Israel i airstrike the week before. In what could be the latest in a series of major blows to Hezbollah , Israel i Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said it appeared the replacement for
"We support the political activity being led by Berri under the title of a ceasefire," Qassem said in his 30-minute televised address. His televised address comes 11 days after the killing of Nasrallah, the most devastating setback Israel has dealt its foe in decades. Qassem said the group would elect a new secretary general and announce it once it has been done.Israel kept up the pressure on Hezbollah on Tuesday by killing another one of its senior figures and launching new operations in southern Lebanon.
Smoke billowing from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a southern Lebanese village on Oct 8, 2024. Iran warned Israel on Tuesday against any retaliatory attacks. Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said any attack on Iran's infrastructure would be met with retaliation. A World Food Programme official voiced concern about Lebanon's food supply, saying thousands of hectares of farmland across the country's south had burned or been abandoned.
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