UN warns of catastrophe as Israel fights a 2-front war in Lebanon and Gaza
Israel says Hezbollah fired about 320 projectiles into Israel over the weekend of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon warned Saturday against a “catastrophic” regional conflict as Israeli forces battled Hezbollah and Hamas militants on two fronts, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
Israel has faced a fierce diplomatic backlash over the injuries suffered by five Blue Helmets serving in south Lebanon.
Lebanon’s health ministry said on Saturday that Israeli air strikes on three sites had killed at least 15 people, raising an earlier toll.
Israel had earlier told residents of south Lebanon not to return home, as its troops fought Hezbollah militants in a war that has killed more than 1,200 people since September 23.
More than a million people have been forced to flee their homes, Lebanese authorities say.
Hezbollah said it had fired missiles into northern Israel, where air raid sirens sounded and the military said it had intercepted a projectile. The Iran-backed militants have stepped up their attacks on targets in and around Israel’s main northern city of Haifa.
