At least four Israeli air strikes have hit the Haret Hreik area in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut in the past few hours.
Lebanon’s Ministry of Health says Israeli attacks killed 59 people and wounded another 182 across the country over the previous 24-hour reporting period.
About 20 rockets crossed into Israel from Lebanon: Army
The Israeli army says about 20 rockets have been identified crossing from Lebanon into Israel’s western Galilee area.
In a statement on Telegram, the army added that sirens sounded between 9:58am and 10am (07:58-08:00 GMT) due to the projectiles and some of the rockets were intercepted.
The charging of CIA official Asif Rahman for allegedly leaking US intelligence of Israeli preparations for retaliatory strikes on Iran in October has brought into open view the shadow war of espionage and counterespionage that has raged between actors locked in a regional conflict for decades.
The Iran-based Telegram channel Rahman is accused of leaking to disavows any connection with Iran’s government, but that the affair has embarrassed a US administration reeling from an earlier conviction of another of its officers, Jack Teixeira, for leaking Pentagon papers is undeniable.
The Rahman leak provides a glimpse into the murky interplay of Iranian, Israeli and US spy agencies that have helped shape the current conflict and, almost as importantly, our perception of it.
