Israel Strikes Hezbollah, Somalia Arms Deal

THE WAR NEWSLETTER — SEP 24, 2024

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Today’s updates:

1. 🇮🇱 Israel continues to strike Hezbollah weapons stockpiles

2. 🇸🇴 Somalia receives weapons from Egypt

1 - ISRAEL

Israel struck Lebanon-based Hezbollah many times today. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reported targeting over 1,600 Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley within a 24-hour period. These strikes primarily hit residential buildings where the IDF claimed Hezbollah had stored weapons - evidenced by the secondary explosions that occurred after strikes. A significant strike in Beirut's Dahiyeh suburb killed Ibrahim Qubaisi, Hezbollah's head of rocket and missile operations, along with at least two other senior commanders.

In response to the Israeli offensive, Hezbollah launched approximately 300 rockets into northern Israel. One Israeli reservist was moderately wounded by shrapnel during a rocket attack south of Haifa. Several other Israelis suffered minor injuries from falling shrapnel or while rushing to bomb shelters. The attacks caused damage to buildings and infrastructure, including a fire at municipal warehouses in Kiryat Shmona.

Read more on Times Of Israel or The Guardian

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2 - SOMALIA

The African country of Somalia received a large shipment of military equipment from Egypt on Sunday, marking the second such delivery. The cargo, which included anti-aircraft guns and artillery, arrived via warship and was transported off through the city streets.

Egypt has been a long-time rival of Ethiopia, and views Ethiopia's hydroelectric dam on the Nile as a potential threat to the river's flow, which it relies on. This has prompted Egypt to support Somalia, which also has a strained relationship with Ethiopia due to Somaliland leasing part of its coastline to Egypt.  Somaliland is not an internationally recognized country, and Somalia still sees it as a part of its territory.

The deliveries of arms to Somalia has increased concerns about the tensions rising in the area.

Read more on BBC or Reuters

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