🌹 Hezbullah mourns the martyrdom of Abbas Ibrahim Hamzeh Hmedeh, from Shahabieh village 1985, on the path to Jerusalem and in defence of south Lebanon.

He was murdered in the targted assassination in Deir Kayfah earlier today.

The Israeli army took credit for the assassination, claiming he was in charge of operations in the Jwaya area, a town close to Deir Kifa.

They got his name wrong as usual, mixing his father's name and his military name.

The IDF adds that he was head of Hezbullah's ground forces in Jwaya, implying they are targeting low-rank commanders in an attempt to inflict damage before a ground invasion.

The Jewish army also claims targeting an air defense system in Jabal Al-Rayhan earlier today.

⭕️ As part of the retaliation to the murder in Deir Kayfa, Hezbullah attacked Zar'it barracks with rockets.

⚠️ A new Israeli targted assassination, this time in Hanawayeh village.

Two injuries reported in the attack on the vehicle.

📷 The attack on Zar'it was with about 25 rockets. Some minor impacts reported in the settlements

⭕️ A total of 45 rockets fired from Lebanon so far, according to Israeli media

Hezbullah took credit for several additional attacks:
- Kafarshouba hills with rockets
- Rwaysat al-Allam with machine guns
- Zibdeen base with artillery
- Al-Naqoura base with artillery

⚠️ Israeli airstrike targets Yaroun village.

📹 Extensive damage to civilian property in the Israeli attack on Yaroun, where the Israeli terrorist army used intentionally heavy bombs.

Another airstrike reported in Aitaroun.

⚠️ Israel to shift more resources to the Lebanese front, prepare for incursion

US officials have serious concerns that in the event of a full-blown war between Israel and Hezbullah.

The fears, which the US officials said have also been communicated to them by Israel, that the Iron Dome could be vulnerable to Hezbullah’s vast arsenal of missiles and drones are only rising as Israel has increasingly indicated to US officials that it is preparing for a land and air incursion into Lebanon.

Israeli officials have told the US they are planning to shift resources from southern Gaza to northern Israel in preparation for a possible offensive against the group, US officials told CNN on Wednesday.

“We assess that at least some” Iron Dome batteries “will be overwhelmed,” said a senior administration official.

Israeli officials have told the US they believe the Iron Dome could be vulnerable, particularly in northern Israel, and have been surprised at the sophistication of Hezbullah’s strikes to date, the two US officials said

A separate US official acknowledged to CNN that in the event of a full-blown war, the support Israel will need most is additional air defense systems and Iron Dome replenishments, which the US would provide.

“We’re entering a very dangerous period,” another senior Biden administration official said. “Something could start with little warning.”

Israeli officials have told the US, and the US agrees, that they have the resources to carry out an offensive against Hezbullah if they need to, particularly if its campaign in Rafah in southern Gaza winds down

During Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent trip to the Middle East, he told an Arab counterpart that it appears Israel is intent on launching an incursion into Lebanon, according to a source familiar with the meeting.

📷 Israeli airstrikes reported in Tallouseh and Hula villages.

📹 A new Israeli airstrike, now targeting Mays al-Jabal

📰 Arabs increase trade with Israel despite crimes in Gaza and Lebanon

Egyptian exports to Israel doubled in 2024 compared to the previous year despite Israel's devastating war on Gaza since October, according to a new report by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics.

The data published on Thursday showed that Egyptian exports in May 2024 stood at $25m, double that of the same period in 2023.

Despite increasingly fraught relations, energy and security cooperation between the two countries has intensified since October 2023.

Meanwhile, exports from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Israel also increased to $242m in May 2024, compared to $238.5m in May 2023, the report said.

Jordanian exports to Israel also continued to rise in 2024, reaching $35.7m in May 2024 compared to $32.3m in the same period last year.

📰 Turks increase trade with Israel, use Greece ports as a proxy

Trade between Turkey and Israel continues through third countries like Greece, despite Ankara's decision to halt direct trade with Tel Aviv over the Rafah invasion in May, according to data released on Thursday.

Figures from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reveal that Israel imported $116m worth of goods from Turkey in May, marking a 69 percent decline from the $377m in the same month last year.

However, two Turkish businesspeople facilitating trade between Turkey and Israel informed Middle East Eye that since early May, Turkish goods have been re-routed through Greece and other nearby countries to reach Israel.

TIM data indicate that Turkey’s exports to Greece surged to $375m in May, up 71 percent from $219m in the same month last year.

Israeli data from May doesn’t show an increase in the quantity of imports from Greece, despite the Turkish re-exports.

A second Turkish businessman explained that Turkish exports, although passing through Greece, are still recorded as imports from Turkey in Israeli statistics because they remain Turkish products.

⚠️ Red alerts in Goren settlement in northern Israel

📹 The Israeli army released footage of its airstrike on Hula and Tallouseh, where they claim targeting weapon storage facilities.

They also took credit for other airstrikes, claiming attacking military infrastructure.

Thankfully no casualties in any.

📹 Hezbullah released footage of their attack on Metulla base that destroyed an anti drone system with a small suicide drone.

This is similar to the famous FPV drones.

Additional equipment was attacked with an ATGM

⭕️ In response to the Israeli assassination in Dier Kayfa yesterday, Hezbullah attacked with a swarm of drones Ras Al-Naqoura Israeli base.

Equipment was destroyed and soldiers' barracks affected.

⭕️ Hezbullah took credit for 4 additional attacks, targeting:
- Rwaysat al-Qaen base
- Ramtha base
- Samaqa base
- Zindeen base

These locations are in the occupied Lebanese lands of Kafarshouba and Shebaa.

⚠️ Several repetitive drone alerts in the occupied Golan Heights.

Our beautiful and courageous south Lebanon