Netanyahu says drone attack targeting his residence
was an attempt to 'assassinate' him
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a drone launched from Lebanon that targeted his residence in the central town of Caesarea on Saturday was an attempt by Hezbollah to "assassinate" him. The strike came as fighting continued to rage in Gaza, where a sweeping Israeli military operation has killed more than 400 people in two weeks in the territory’s north.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of trying to assassinate him, with the Middle East already on edge after Israel had vowed retaliation for an Iranian missile barrage.
Netanyahu’s office said a drone was launched toward his residence in the central town of Caesarea on Saturday but he and his wife were not home at the time and there were no injuries.
“The attempt by Iran’s proxy Hezbollah to assassinate me and my wife today was a grave mistake,” Netanyahu said in a statement.
There is much more on this story on France24, continue reading at: “Anyone who tries to harm Israel’s citizens will pay a heavy price,”
At odds over Middle East conflict, German and Turkish leaders cooperate on defence
Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been at odds over the Israel-Hamas war but found common ground during their talks in Istanbul on the issue of arms sales to Ankara.
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan thanked Germany's Olaf Scholz for his help in advancing a defence contract following talks in Istanbul on Saturday, although the pair remained starkly at odds over the Middle East crisis.
The German chancellor arrived on Friday night for his first visit since March 2022 with tensions in the Middle East high on the agenda alongside migration and other bilateral issues.
"We expect all political actors to take the initiative and put a stop to Israel's aggressive policies," said Erdogan, denouncing "the genocide carried out by Israel in the Palestinian territories and the attacks in Lebanon".
But Scholz said Germany did not accept the claims that there had been a genocide and insisted that Israel had a right to defend itself from attack.
Good for Scholz for stating the obvious to a country that is being gaslit by their Islamist government. Nevertheless, what is he doing selling weapons to a country that just condemned a German ally? Not to worry, America sells weapons to its enemies all the time, even gives away billions of dollars in weapons to hostile countries and groups. Anything to keep the war industry inventory moving. American taxpayers will happily pay for it.
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