The front of tensions in the Middle East is moving north: while on the Gaza Strip yesterday the army with the Star of David reduced its attacks, thanks to that humanitarian pause decided by Israel at least during daylight hours, this morning the artillery of Tel Aviv bombed some Hezbollah-linked targets in southern Lebanon. Just today, the US envoy for the Middle East Amos Hochstein, who was in Jerusalem yesterday, is expected in the Land of Cedars. The daytime break, which began on Sunday on the first day of the Muslim feast of sacrifice, has the aim of facilitating humanitarian aid for the inhabitants of the Strip and has had the effect of a lower intensity of the attacks on Gaza, which are only possible in the evening and Night. The intensification of clashes with Lebanon, which have continued in parallel with the conflict in Gaza since its beginning, also led yesterday to the killing of another leading member of Hezbollah, Mohammad Mustafa Ayub, after last week he was Taleb Sami Abdallah died during an Israeli attack.
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Meanwhile, thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem against the Netanyahu government, which yesterday announced its decision to dissolve the war cabinet following the exit of opposition leader Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot. The two former military leaders had joined the cabinet after October 7, overcoming bitter differences with the far-right government, demonstrating national unity in the face of the war with Hamas. Meanwhile, a senior Israeli official involved in the truce negotiations told the press that he knows that dozens of the hostages seized on October 7 in Gaza are still alive, but also that they risk their lives if their detention is prolonged.
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