Thursday, August 1, 2024

Iran To Meet With Its Proxies In Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen On Potential Israel Retaliation


Iran to meet with its proxies in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen on potential Israel retaliation

 Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday



The IDF has been monitoring and limiting the transportation of hazardous materials to several factories in northern Israel as a precautionary measure, as the country braces for a response to the assassinations this week of Hezbollah military chief Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.


Seven airlines have canceled flights to Israel amid spiraling tensions with Iran, Channel 12 reports.

According to the report, Delta, United Airlines, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Air India have canceled all upcoming flights to Israel.

The report comes after a Lufthansa flight from Munich to Tel Aviv landed in Larnaca, Cyprus, early this morning, then turned around and returned to Germany, after the crew refused to fly to Israel.

FlyDubai has canceled some of its scheduled flights, Channel 12 adds.

Around 70,000 passengers are reportedly at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, with some trying to catch the last flights out of the country in case of more cancellations and others looking to cancel their flights out of fears that they won’t be able to get back into the country.

The cancellations come as the country braces for a response to the assassinations earlier this week of Hezbollah military chief Fuad Shukr in Beirut — after a rocket fired by the terror group killed 12 children in the Golan Heights on Saturday — and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.


Lebanese media reports an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon’s Kafr Kila, the first report of an attack since the assassination of Hezbollah’s military chief in Beirut on Tuesday.

No further details are immediately available.




Top Iranian officials will meet the representatives of Iran’s regional allies from Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen today to discuss potential retaliation against Israel after the killing of the Hamas leader in Tehran, five sources tell Reuters.

The region faces a risk of widened conflict between Israel and Iran and its proxies after Ismail Haniyeh’s killing in Tehran yesterday and the killing of Hezbollah’s senior commander on Tuesday in an Israeli strike on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut.





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