'One thing is to take care of Israel and another thing is to take care of the people in need,' he continued, stressing this is why the EU is continuing to call for an 'unhindered, rapid and safe humanitarian access' to Gaza. Innocent civilians including thousands of children have died in the past weeks,' Borrell added. He said that although the EU recognizes Israel's right to defend itself, any response must be in accordance with international humanitarian law. 'What makes the difference between a civilized society and a terrorist group is the respect for human life,' the EU official added. The IDF also said it attacked a 'terrorist cell' that tried to launch anti-tank missiles from Lebanon on Thursday. 'IDF forces attacked the sources of the fire with artillery fire,' it said on social media. The IDF said the Misgav area and IDF posts in Metula were attacked but noted there were no casualties. The Iran-backed militant group said it attacked Misgav Am, Bayad, which is across the border from the Lebanese town of Blida, the Yiftah barracks and Metula. The IDF also said in a post on social media that it had attacked 'terrorist targets' belonging to Hezbollah on Thursday, including 'several military positions.' The IDF also said it 'attacked a terrorist who was operating in Lebanese territory, near the peace zone.'įollowing the Israeli strikes, Hezbollah launched several attacks towards Upper Galilee in northern Israel. The IDF also said it was attacking areas across the border in Lebanon with artillery fire after an anti-missile hit the Dovev area in Israel, with no casualties. The IDF said the missiles fell in an open area. Meanwhile, sirens were activated in the northern Israeli town of Shtula after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it detected 'a number of missiles' launched from Lebanon on Thursday. Lebanese authorities say the area of Labouneh is 'almost barren due' to Israel's use of 'incendiary bombs.'

Throughout Thursday morning, Israel launched missiles and artillery strikes on the outskirts of the Lebanese border villages of Naqoura, Blida, Alma Al-Shaab and Labouneh, according to the Lebanese National News Agency.

Smoke rises following Israeli artilley shelling along Lebanon's southern border with northern Israel on November 16. I will just go back to what I said before, and what I said on the airplane coming out here: Our own intelligence assessment is that Hamas was using, is using, Al-Shifa as a command and control node and potentially as a storage facility to support their planning and their execution of terrorist attacks in the region,” he said. “I'm not going to talk about specific intelligence that may pass between the two of us.

When pressed again later by CNN’s MJ Lee about whether Israel had shared any new intelligence about the facility with the United States, Kirby said White House officials were in “daily touch” with their counterparts and “certainly interested in their perspectives - what they're seeing, what they're doing, what they're learning.”īut he again declined to provide any more details about what precise information was backing up the American assessment of how Hamas was using the hospital. He repeated: “We're confident in our own intelligence assessment about how Hamas was using that hospital.” “We are still convinced of the soundness of that intelligence,' he said. The intelligence showed Hamas “were sheltering themselves in a hospital, using the hospital as a shield against military action and placing the patients and medical staff at greater risk,” Kirby said.

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