The Israeli military released footage on July 4 showing what they say is an interception of four rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israel. Later footage shows Israeli aircraft attacking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, according to the Israeli army.
Tensions have soared on the northern border in recent weeks as war rages onBenjamin Netanyahu has sent a delegation to negotiate a hostage deal release with Hamas as pressure is piled on Israel from hostage advocates and critics of the campaign in Gaza to end the war, a government official said today.
The government has also pledged to return all the hostages - but has had limited success since the negotiation of a temporary truce in November, in which 105 hostages were released in return for some 240 Palestinian protestors. Read More Israel threatens to send Lebanon 'back to Stone Age' There are approximately 120 hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas, though US officials estimate fewer than half may still be alive.
A Palestinian official close to the mediation effort told Reuters that Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, has shown flexibility over some clauses, that would allow a framework agreement to be reached should Israel approve. Nearly five square miles of land was declared 'state property' in June, meaning Palestinians living there will be denied private ownership and certain rights, according to Peace Now.
The U.S. has raised the idea of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority governing Gaza in any post-war scenario and has called for a revival of the peace process to lead to a Palestinian state. But with clashes on the border ramping up in recent months, the Prime Minister has said some of the troops in Gaza may be used to strengthen the line on Israel's northern front.
It said about 200 'projectiles' were launched toward the occupied Syrian Golan Heights and more than 20 drones into Israeli territory, but that it had intercepted some of them.The Israeli military said it hit Hezbollah's 'military structures' in the southern border towns of Ramyeh and Houla.
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