ISRAEL MINISTER IN CRISIS
The Gaza war has led to increased violence between Israel and Iran’s proxies and allies, driving up regional tensions.
Israel has struck increasingly deeper into Lebanon, while the Hezbollah movement, based in Lebanon and backed by Iran, has stepped up attacks on Israeli positions across the border.
The Israeli army said on Friday that an Israeli civilian was killed by anti-tank missiles fired towards “the area of Har Dov”, which refers to the disputed Shebaa Farms border district.
Later Friday, the Lebanese militant group Jamaa Islamiya said that an Israeli strike in eastern Lebanon had killed two of its senior commanders.
Israel had confirmed it killed one of the commanders, Mosab Khalaf, accusing Jamaa Islamiya of planning attacks on northern Israel.
In response to what it called a “cowardly assassination”, Hezbollah said it launched dozens of rockets at two military posts in northern Israel.
Near Tel Aviv, an 18-year-old woman was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack and the assailant was killed at the scene, according to paramedics and police.
After addressing journalists at the scene, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was involved in a car crash in which three people were lightly injured, police said.
