Meloni visits Lebanon - first since the escalation
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is going to Lebanon on Friday, reports AFP. She will be the first world leader to visit the country since the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalated with Israeli airstrikes on September 23.
Meloni has, together with several EU leaders, condemned the Israeli attacks in Lebanon that injured several UN employees. Israel has called on the peacekeeping force Unifil to withdraw, to no avail.
- A withdrawal at Israel's request would be a serious mistake, it would undermine the credibility of the UN and the mission, says Meloni.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is going to Lebanon on Friday, reports AFP. She will be the first world leader to visit the country since the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalated with Israeli airstrikes on September 23.
Meloni has, together with several EU leaders, condemned the Israeli attacks in Lebanon that injured several UN employees. Israel has called on the peacekeeping force Unifil to withdraw, to no avail.
- A withdrawal at Israel's request would be a serious mistake, it would undermine the credibility of the UN and the mission, says Meloni.
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Analysis: Hezbollah's drones cause great concern in Israel
The Hezbollah drone that killed four Israeli soldiers and wounded 60 has caused great concern within the IDF, writes Alistair Bunkall for Sky News.
Drones fly lower, slower and are harder to detect on radar than robots. The attack shows that Hezbollah has refined its attempts to penetrate Israel's "Iron Dome" air defense system, continues Bunkall.
"Israelis are protected by one of the best air defenses in the world, but it is not perfect, and Sunday showed that Israelis can be killed or injured when it fails."
The expensive, advanced air defense is certainly effective against Hezbollah's rockets, writes Jonah Fisher for the BBC.
"But 'Iron Dome' works because Hezbollah's rockets are primitive, and you can figure out where they're going to go when they're fired and then shoot them down."
The small and relatively cheap drones – which can sometimes even be mistaken for birds – have become a new and deadly problem for Israel, writes Fisher.
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The Middle East crisis Israel-Iran
Israel's opposition leader: Strike Iran's oil fields
Israel's revenge against Iran should target the country's oil fields to do economic damage. Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid tells the Jerusalem Post.
Benjamin Netanyahu's government has assured the US that attacks on Iran will target conventional military targets, rather than oil production or nuclear energy. The White House's concern is that an attack on oil could sharply raise global oil prices.
- I do not agree with the American administration. I don't think it would raise global oil prices significantly like this five minutes before the election, says Lapid.
Israel's opposition leader: Strike Iran's oil fields
Israel's revenge against Iran should target the country's oil fields to do economic damage. Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid tells the Jerusalem Post.
Benjamin Netanyahu's government has assured the US that attacks on Iran will target conventional military targets, rather than oil production or nuclear energy. The White House's concern is that an attack on oil could sharply raise global oil prices.
- I do not agree with the American administration. I don't think it would raise global oil prices significantly like this five minutes before the election, says Lapid.
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