Israel killed in southern Lebanon the nephew of the Hezbollah leader, Hasan Nasrallah. This was stated by a Syrian news site linked to the anti-Damascus opposition and hostile to the pro-Iranian Lebanese movement itself. The news was not confirmed by Lebanese media nor by Hezbollah themselves. According to the website in Arabic Voice of the capital (Sawt al-Asima), last Saturday a Israeli military drone conducted a raid in southern Lebanon, in the district of Naqura, hitting a vehicle traveling on the coastal road that leads to the capital Tyre.
Israel, Nasrallah's nephew killed in Lebanon
Inside the vehicle, the site states, were two Hezbollah fighters and a local military leader, identified as Abbas Ahmad Khalil and that, second Sawt al-Asima, was the grandson of Nasrallah.
According to Israeli sources and Syrian opposition sources, the three operatives belonged to Hezbollah's "Imam Hussein Brigade".
Hamas, agreement with Israel not before the start of Ramadan
The agreement with Israel for one truce of six weeks in exchange for the release of part of the hostages will not be reached “before the end of next week”, i.e. in conjunction with the start of Ramadan on March 10th, unlike what was reported yesterday by the international media which supported the hypothesis of an agreement within 24-48 hours. This was reported on Wall Street Journal, citing an inside source from Hamas. Meanwhile, there is mystery regarding the whereabouts of the spokesperson of the Palestinian organisation, Yahya Sinwar. International media have underlined that his collaborators would not know where he is and therefore would not be able to obtain information on the agreement. The last message from him was about a week ago. His position until then was not to say yes to an agreement hastily and to hope that the Israeli military operation on Rafah - where over one and a half million displaced people from Gaza have flocked - will be able to "reignite the reaction of the Arab countries” for the Palestinian cause.
Le Egyptian authorities, who are hosting the negotiations in Cairo to which they also contribute United States e Qatar, have made it known that they are "optimistic" about reaching a six-week truce which includes the release of some of the hostages. The Israeli government, however, did not send a delegation to the table because it found unsatisfactory the proposals that came from the Palestinian group at the negotiations that took place last week in Paris.
Gaza, Kamala Harris: “Ceasefire now”
In Gaza Strip we need a ceasefire: he said so la vice-president of the United States, Kamala Harris, in what some international media define as the strongest intervention to come to Israel from its American ally. In his visit yesterday to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, in the State of Alabama, to celebrate the massacre of activists 59 years ago, number two in the White House He said Israel was not doing enough to "avoid humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza, following the operation launched from Tel Aviv in response to Hamas commando assaults on October 7, in which 1200 people were killed. Harris also appealed to Hamas to release all the hostages captured on October 7 and for the parties to accept the terms of a negotiation that is being discussed in recent days and has also seen the mediation of, in addition to the United States, Egypt, Turkey , France and Qatar, and is aiming for a six-week truce to coincide with the month of Ramadan.
However, in the Strip, where the victims have exceeded 30 thousand, the attacks do not stop: Unicef has reported that at least ten children have died from dehydration and malnutrition in the Kamal Adwan hospital, while the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported yesterday that a warehouse was hit next to the main entrance of the Emirates hospital in Rafah. The organization announced that in this structure, which is essential for the maternity ward, "the killing and wounding of several people, including a member of the ambulance staff", was recorded. Doctors Without Borders added: “The patients who were nearby were terrified.”
Secret conversations, Moscow summons German ambassador
Meanwhile, it is enriched with a new chapter the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the German ambassador to Moscow, Alexander Lambsdorff, regarding one secret conversation between German soldiers intercepted, in which there was talk of potential attacks on the Russian bridge in Crimea. The agency writes it Tass, which cites a source. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, underlined that the affair shows the direct involvement of the West in the conflict in Ukraine. An IED explosion caused damage to a pillar of a railway bridge in the southern Russian region of Samara, causing rail traffic to come to a standstill. Kiev claims responsibility for the attack: the structure "used for the transport of military cargo" has been 'deactivated'.
EU: “Total stop to Russian gas by 2027”
“We need to get rid of the Russian gas by 2027. This means that we are working intensively to provide our countries with alternative supply routes and alternative suppliers.” The EU Energy Commissioner said this, Kadri Simson, upon his arrival at EU Energy Council in Brussels, during which ministers will discuss the end of the contract between Moscow and Kiev for the transit of Russian gas to the EU via Ukraine, expected at the end of the year. “I have been very clear and have also repeatedly confirmed to our Ukrainian counterparts the message that the European Commission will not engage with Russia as it did five years ago, when the deal was agreed,” Simson highlighted.
