Mid East – Page 102 – Prologue Journal

Hezbollah’s drug manufacturing operations challenge Israeli security, regional stability

Jerusalem Post Hezbollah’s Captagon trade finances its operations, challenging Israeli security and regional stability amid military pressure and calls for international sanctions. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-824462

Shin Bet chief’s secret Cairo visit seeks to revive stalled hostage deal talks

Jerusalem Post Past talks did not lead to any progress in returning the hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-824459

Just Over the Border from Israel, a Hezbollah Cache of Explosives and Mines

New York Times Israel’s military showed journalists parts of what it said was Hezbollah’s deeply entrenched military infrastructure across the border in southern Lebanon. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/13/world/middleeast/israel-military-lebanon-embed.html

Hezbollah says Israel rained down cluster bombs on southern Lebanon

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Cluster munitions are globally prohibited because they cause both immediate and long-term civilian harm. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/13/735176/Israel-cluster-bombs-southern-Lebanon-Hezbollah

Pentagon confirms anti-missile system being sent to Israel

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Pentagon confirms the deployment of a hard THAAD missile battery and military crew to Israel. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/13/735180/US-Pentagon-Confirms-It-Will-Send-THAAD-Air-Defense-Battery-Soldiers-To-Israel

Over 25 rockets, missiles fired toward Israel from Hezbollah compounds embedded near UNIFIL posts

Jerusalem Post The IDF stated that their raids are only directed at Hezbollah, and soldiers’ activities are not directed at UNIFIL posts, forces, or infrastructure. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-824444

Israel’s Netanyahu considers plan to starve Gaza’s civilians to death

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their homes. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/13/735183/Palestine-Gaza-Netanyahu-Matthew-Miller—

Dozens of Israelis wounded in Hezbollah drone strike on Binyamina

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says it has launched a squadron of attack drones on an Israeli training camp in northern occupied territories. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/13/735191/-Dozens-of-Israelis-wounded-in-Hezbollah-drone-strike-on-Binyamina

Iraq opposes use of its territory as ‘launch pad’ for attacks on Iran: President

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Iraqi president says his country rejects the use of its airspace and territory for strikes on neighboring countries, including Iran. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/13/735182/Iran-Iraq-President-Abdul-Latif-Jamal-Rashid-Foreign-Minister-Abbas-Araghchi-Mohammed-Shia-a-al-Sudani-launch-pad-aggression-Israel-Gaza-Lebanon-war-expansion-

More justification to attack? Leaked docs link Iran to Hamas plan to destroy Israel

Jerusalem Post The documents show that Iran knew of a general plan by Hamas to carry out a massive attack on Israel that it hoped would bring Iran and its proxy Hezbollah into the fray. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-824432