with Agency Reports
The Middle East is coming closer to the brink of a regional war, a situation which the Biden administration has tried to stave off since Hamas’s deadly attacks against Israel on Oct. 7.
Growing attacks have forced thousands from their homes at the border between Lebanon and Israel, while Israeli forces continue to pummel the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
In Lebanon, the killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut is raising fears of a wider conflict at the country’s border with Israel. Many southern villages have already emptied out as clashes between Israel and Hezbollah intensify.
Israel has, in the meantime evacuated more than 80,000 people on its side of the border.
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In southern Gaza, Israel’s military pressed on with its bombardment of areas that it has told civilians to evacuate to amid fierce fighting, Palestine Red Crescent and Gazan officials said.
Dozens of people have died in the last three days, according to the Gazan officials. The U.N. said that Israel’s attacks had left nowhere for residents to seek shelter from the bombing.
In related developments, the Islamic State(IS) has claimed responsibility for the bombings that killed 84 people in Kerman, Iran.
Attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea by the Houthi rebels in Yemen have left oil tanker operators balancing the risks with losing business and a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad killed a top leader in a militant group linked to Iran. The Iraqi government condemned the attack.
Meanwhile in the United States, a top adviser at the Education Department has resigned over President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, the second official to do so.
