Israel-Iran latest news: Israel expands ground invasion of Lebanon amid fresh wave of airstrikes in Beirut

Beirut’s southern suburbs have been rocked by recent Israeli airstrikes in a single day, with Israeli forces claiming it killed senior Hezbollah commander Suhail Hussein Husseini.

If confirmed, the dying of Suhail Hussein Husseini can be the newest in a string of Israel’s assassinations of leaders and commanders of Hezbollah and its ally Hamas.

Greater than 2,080 have been reported killed in complete, and an additional 9,869 wounded, since Israel started its bombing operations in Lebanon final month.

The Israeli army has pusher additional into southern Lebanon as Beirut was rocked by a recent wave of airstrikes in a single day.

Israeli troops have moved into south-west Lebanon after 9 days of specializing in the japanese aspect of the border – the place Israel invaded on 30 September.

The 146th division will perform a “restricted, localised, focused” floor operation towards Hezbollah militants within the space, Israel claimed, as as much as 1.2million folks have been displaced throughout Lebanon.

The presence of Israel tanks close to an outpost the place some Irish troops are stationed is “regarding”, the UN’s mission in Lebanon stated.

The UN mission stated the place of IDF troops “instantly adjoining“ to the peacekeeping publish was “an especially harmful growth”.

The mission “is deeply involved by current actions by the IDF [Israel Defence Forces] instantly adjoining to the Mission’s place 6-52, southeast of Marun ar Ras (Sector West), inside Lebanese territory,” it stated in an announcement.

“The IDF has been repeatedly knowledgeable of this ongoing state of affairs by common channels,” the mission stated.

“UNIFIL urgently reminds all actors of their obligations to guard UN personnel and property.”

Ismail Ghaani, the commander of the abroad arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, is alive and properly, his Deputy Brigadier Basic Iraj Masjedi stated, dismissing speculations about his dying.

Mr Ghani, who leads the Guard’s abroad army service, has been lacking from the general public eye for greater than every week amid speculations about his dying in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon.

His deputy advised native reporters yesterday that there was no want for the Guards to launch any official assertion to close down the rumours, based on the Monetary Occasions.

“He’s wholesome and properly and doing his job,” Huge Gen Masjedi stated of Mr Ghaani, whereas declining to offer additional particulars.

An adolescent from north Gaza has shared what her life is like residing in a tent after she was displaced beneath Israeli bombardment.

Enas Tantesh is 17 years previous and lives within the Al Mawasi so-called humanitarian zone.

“This can be a tense life… You can not set a routine, you can not do no matter you need. You could be displaced and even die at any second,” she stated.

China will present emergency medical provides to Lebanon, China’s official overseas assist company stated this morning.

Li Ming, the spokesperson for the China Worldwide Growth Cooperation Company, stated in an announcement that because the combating escalated lately, explosions and air strikes “have occurred in lots of locations in Lebanon, inflicting a lot of casualties”.

“On the request of the Lebanese authorities, the Chinese language authorities has determined to offer emergency humanitarian medical provides to Lebanon to assist Lebanon perform medical help,” the assertion stated.

There isn’t a proof to recommend that Iran has determined to construct a nuclear weapon, stated CIA director William Burns, including the US and its allies would be capable to detect such a step.

Mr Burns stated Iran has superior its nuclear program by stockpiling uranium enriched to close weapons-grade ranges and will rapidly safe sufficient fissile materials for an atomic bomb.

“No, we don’t see proof at present that the supreme chief has reversed the choice that he took on the finish of 2003 to droop the weaponisation program,” Mr Burns stated on the Cipher Temporary safety convention in Sea Island.

The Israeli army at present stated it killed Suhail Hussein Husseini, the commander of Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut.

The army claimed Husseini was a accomplice within the weapons switch agreements between Iran and Hezbollah and was liable for the distribution of the smuggled weapons between the varied items in Hezbollah.