Hezbollah drone attack kills four IDF soldiers as US prepares to send missile system to Israel | First Thing

14/10/2024 10:59 The Guardian

The strike, which Hezbollah said was retaliation for one that killed 22 people in Beirut, is the deadliest since Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon. Plus, trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last yearDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Hezbollah has carried out its deadliest strike since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) saying the attack killed four soldiers at an army base in central Israel on Sunday.How did Iran react to the news about American troops? Its foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, warned that the US was placing its soldiers’ lives “at risk by deploying them to operate US missile systems in Israel” and that Tehran had “no red lines in defending our people and interests”.Was there any other trouble? The FBI was also questioning another man after bomb-detecting dogs “repeatedly” alerted to him, the sheriff said. Continue reading...

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