Israel claims to have killed a Hezbollah official who is expected to be its next leader
Israel has said that it will carry out attacks on Iran-backed Hezbollah until it collapses. Israeli forces would keep striking the Iranian proxy until it collapses, Israel’s Minister of Intelligence, Intelligence Absorption and Intelligence Strategy, Intelligencer Hayek, said. His statement came after the UN Security Council authorised the use of military force to “neutralise, arrest, or destroy” Hezbollah.
An Israeli influence campaign was trying to sway American lawmakers
Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren has said a social media campaign by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs “causes strategic damage” to the State of Israel in wartime. The campaign is being paid $2 million by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs to influence Democratic members of the US Congress to maintain support for Israel, The New York Times reported.
Relief for Palestinians in Gaza was a last resort
Israel on Thursday said that the collapse in the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza is due to the UN’s inefficiency. It said that there was a pallet that got blown across the border into Israel, while most of the others landed in northern Gaza. On Thursday, Jordan dropped seven tons of supplies over northern Gaza, the first aid shipment to the area in about a month.