Israel announced Wednesday that at least eight Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting in south Lebanon during an operation against Hezbollah. According to Reutersboth groups clashed inside Lebanon on Wednesday, reporting the first ground clashes since Israeli forces crossed the border. Hezbollah said it had destroyed three Israeli Merkava tanks with rockets near the border town of Maroun el-Ras.
“We are in the midst of a difficult war against an Iranian axis of evil that seeks to destroy us. We are united, and with God's help we will rise,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a memorial video. So that won't happen.” Let's win together.”
The news came a day after Iran fired more than 180 missiles at Israel, the largest ballistic missile attack in history, in response to the deaths of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders. At least one person, a 38-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, was killed in an Iranian attack on Israel and was buried on Wednesday.
Hit fox newsthe Pentagon announced Tuesday that the U.S. response to Iran's attack on Israel included firing about a dozen interceptor missiles to shoot down some of the roughly 200 ballistic missiles fired. did.
Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said the interceptors were fired from the guided-missile destroyers Cole and Bulkley in the eastern Mediterranean, adding that damage to Israeli ground was “minimal.”
Ryder also said the United States had no advance warning of the attack and no Americans were injured.
Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday announced plans to provide an additional $210 million to protect faith-based institutions and nonprofit organizations from targeted attacks.
This funding comes from the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) Fund through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which helps reduce hate crimes and other forms of targeted violence against faith-based organizations and nonprofits. This is part of efforts to combat the increase. It began after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 last year.
“As we continue to live in an environment of heightened threat, security enhancement grants to nonprofit organizations are more important than ever,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
After the attack on Israel by Hamas, more than 3,200 religious organizations and other non-profit organizations received NSGP funding to purchase surveillance cameras, additional alarm and alarm systems, gates and lighting, access control systems, and staff training programs. It earned more than $54 million. said DHS.
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