15 dead in Israeli raids that targeted Damascus and its suburbs today. This was reported by the Syrian Ministry of Defense.
The Syrian news agency SANA had reported an Israeli raid in the elegant Mazzé neighborhood of Damascuswhich houses the headquarters of the United Nations, as well as Syrian embassies and security institutions. According to the NGO Osdh, four people had been killed. “An Israeli attack targeted the Mazzé area of Damascus,” the Sana news agency said, citing preliminary information and publishing a video of a street filling with gray smoke. In recent weeks, this neighborhood has already been hit by bombings blamed on Israel.
The Israeli army confirmed that it had attacked buildings and command centers of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Damascus, a ”terrorist group that acts following the instructions of Iran and operates in Syria under the cover of regime'”https://gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/mondo/2024/11/14/raid-israeliano-a-damasco-vicino-la-sede-dellonu-15-morti-6cd70572-4fa8-4d64-857e-13a49c7d7801 /.”The attacks represent a significant blow to the Palestinian terrorist group based in the Strip of Gaza and its militants,” the IDF said, adding that Islamic Jihad conducted the October 7 attack together with Hamas, and its operatives are involved in launching attacks against Israel from Lebanon, together with Hezbollah.
In Baalbeck, Lebanon, nine people were killed during an Israeli attack in the Al-Shaab neighborhood and five others were injured: L’Orient Le Jour reports. Civil Protection teams are still working to remove the rubble.
The methods of warfare used by Israel in the Gaza Strip “meet the characteristics of a genocide”. This is supported by a United Nations special committee tasked with investigating Israeli practices. The Committee highlights the “massive civilian casualties and conditions imposed on Palestinians that intentionally put their lives at risk” in a report to be presented to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday.
Ron Dermer, Netanyahu’s minister of strategic affairs, was at Mar-a-Lago last Sunday, the first stop on his tour of the United States, and told Donald Trump and Jared Kushner that Israel is rushing to push for a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon. This was reported by the Washington Post, which cited three current and former Israeli officials briefed on the meeting.
Israel’s goal would be to ensure a quick foreign policy victory for the president-elect. “There is an agreement that Israel would give something to Trump … that in January there will be an agreement on Lebanon,” an Israeli official said.
The Israeli armed forces carried out at least one air strike on the southern outskirts of Beirut, shortly after issuing an immediate evacuation order to the population. The AFP found this, citing the AfpTv, which showed images of a cloud of smoke. Since Tuesday at least 6 waves of air raids have hit the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, with Hezbollah structures in their sights.