Israel Threatens Lebanon Over Rocket Attacks, Syria Warns Israel Against Airstrikes
On 7/20/21 at 9:05 PM EDT
The head of the Israeli military has threatened further retaliation to any additional attacks launched from across the northern border with Lebanon, while neighboring Syria has issued a warning to Israel after accusing it of recent airstrikes.
In remarks delivered Tuesday during a visit to Israel s Northern Command, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi spoke out in response to the launching of two rockets from Lebanese territory toward Israel s Western Galilee region. The IDF said late Monday, early Tuesday local time, one rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome Defense System, while the other landed in an open field.
Israel bombed a house in Gaza where a family had gathered to celebrate the end of Ramadan and an office housing international media as a new flurry of Hamas missiles rained down on Tel Aviv Saturday, increasing fears that a de-escalation of the conflict could soon be out of reach.
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Protests rock Lebanon as anger grows over virus lockdown
In Tripoli, the country’s second largest city, protests raged for the third day in a row, with demonstrators complaining that their region, the most impoverished in Lebanon, is unable to cope with the nearly month-long lockdown with little to no government assistance.
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Demonstrators gather near burning tires during a protest against the lockdown and worsening economic conditions, in Tripoli, Lebanon January 25, 2021. (REUTERS)
BEIRUT – Dozens of Lebanese protesters, enraged at a nearly month-long lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus, took to the streets of three major cities in Lebanon on Monday.