Israel Launches Strikes Against Lebanon
Israel has launched a series of heavy air attacks across neighbouring Lebanon in what it claims is a pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah, which launched rockets and drones at Israel.
The Israeli military claimed the airstrikes were necessary because Hezbollah was planning to launch rockets and missiles at Israel. Hezbollah then announced it had launched a series of retaliatory attacks on Israeli military positions, in response to the killing of one of the group’s founders, Fouad Shukur, in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut last month.
The exchanges threaten the possibility of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon that could draw in other regional players like Iran and also the United States. Intensified hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah could also scupper ongoing efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Hezbollah has said it will halt attacks on Israel if there is a ceasefire.
By mid-morning local time, Sunday, the Israeli and Hezbollah attacks appeared to have come to an end. The full extent of the damage is unknown, but it’s reported that both sides restricted their attacks to military targets.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military had eliminated “thousands of rockets that were aimed at northern Israel” and urged citizens to adhere to directives from the Home Front Command.
“We are determined to do everything to defend our country, to return the residents of the north securely to their homes and to continue upholding a simple rule: Whoever harms us — we will harm them.”
Hezbollah said its attack involved more than 300 Katysuah rockets and a “large number” of drones. It said the operation was targeting “a qualitative Israeli military target that will be announced later” and “enemy sites and barracks and Iron Dome platforms.”
Hezbollah initially claimed the attacks were merely the first stage of a broader attack that would strike deeper into Israel, but then released a statement which said that “military operations for today have been completed.
In the US, a spokesman for the National Security Council said President Joe Biden was “closely monitoring events in Israel and Lebanon.”
The Pentagon said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, and “reaffirmed the United States’ ironclad commitment to Israel’s defense against any attacks by Iran and its regional partners and proxies.”
Iranian Hackers Targeted WhatsApp Accounts of Biden and Trump Staffers
The Iranian hacking group believed to have targeted the Democrat and Republican election campaigns also tried to hack the WhatsApp accounts of Biden and Trump staffers, according to Meta, the company that owns the messaging service.
Meta claim to have discovered a network of Iranian hackers who posed as tech-support agents for a number of different companies including AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google. These fake tech-support agents sent suspicious WhatsApp messages to potential targets, who reported them.
In a statement released on Friday, Meta said the messages were targeted at individuals in the Middle East, the US and the UK, including political and diplomatic figures.
“We have not seen evidence of the targeted WhatsApp accounts being compromised, but out of an abundance of caution, we’re sharing our findings publicly, in addition to sharing information with law enforcement and our industry peers,” Meta said.
Earlier this month, Google also reported that the same Iranian group has attempted to gain access to the email accounts of around a dozen people linked to Biden and Trump. Microsoft has also released a warned about Iranian cyberattacks during the election.
The FBI stated this week that Iran is stepping up its efforts to interfere in the US presidential election. Intelligence officials have warned that Iran wants to trick voters, undermine US support for Israel and prevent the election of political candidates who are anti-Iran.
The Iranian regime has been linked to anti-Israel protests on American campuses. In July, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said there was evidence the Iranians were providing covert support to pro-Gaza groups, including financial support.
Iran has sworn personal revenge against Donald Trump after he sanctioned Iran and killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
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Breaking: Telegram Founder Durov Arrested by French Police
The Russian founder of the messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, has been detained after he arrived in Paris on a private jet, local broadcaster LCI has reported.
Durov, who obtained a French passport in 2021, was arrested at Paris-Le Bourget Airport at around 8pm local time, the outlet said on Saturday. He is also a citizen of the UAE, Saint Kitts and Nevis and his native Russia
His jet arrived in the French capital from Azerbaijan. The 39-year-old had been accompanied by a woman and his bodyguard, it added.
According to LCI, the French authorities issued an arrest warrant for the tech entrepreneur as part of a preliminary investigation. Paris believes that Telegram’s insufficient moderation, its encryption tools and alleged lack of cooperation with police could make Durov complicit of in drug trafficking, pedophilia offenses and fraud, it said.
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Broadcaster TF1 claimed that Durov is going to appear before a judge tonight. He could be facing up to 20 years in prison, it added.
Due to being a French citizen, the Telegram founder may also face accusations of violating sanctions imposed on Moscow by the EU due to his contacts in Russia.
Durov’s arrest warrant was only legitimate on the territory of France. “He made a mistake tonight. We don’t know why,” a source close to the investigation told TF1-LCI. “In any case, he’s locked up.”