Israel continues attacks on Syria, Lebanon despite US push for diplomacy
Israeli artillery attacks, air raids and incursions continue as questions grow over US commitment to pressuring Israel to end strikes. Israeli forces have carried out artillery attacks and ground raids in southern Syria, while conducting air strikes and demolitions across southern Lebanon, despite diplomatic efforts to end the fighting.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: A ground raid in the town last year killed at least 13 people, including children.
- Fact 2: Israel has conducted hundreds of strikes on Syria since the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
- Fact 3: Lebanon’s Ministry of Health says the Israeli campaign has killed 4,350 people and wounded 12,310 since March 2.
- Fact 4: Political analyst Khaldoun Al-Sharif told Al Jazeera that Lebanon had met its commitments under the first ceasefire agreement reached with Israel in 2024.
Israeli artillery attacks, air raids and incursions continue as questions grow over US commitment to pressuring Israel to end strikes. Israeli forces have carried out artillery attacks and ground raids in southern Syria, while conducting air strikes and demolitions across southern Lebanon, despite diplomatic efforts to end the fighting.
In Syria, Israeli forces shelled a hilltop near the town of Beit Jinn in the western Damascus countryside late on Wednesday, according to witnesses. Syria’s Alikhbariah TV reported separately that soldiers had also raided and searched a house in the village of Taranja in the Quneitra countryside. Syria ‘shakes off’ past with removal from US ‘terror’ list, says al-Sharaa Syria removed: Which countries are still on the US ‘terror’ list – and why?
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