Saint Mary’s Church in the Greek Orthodox village of Iqrit (Wikipedia)
Anti-tank missiles launched by the terrorist organization Hezbollah from bases in Lebanon hit the St. Mary’s Greek-Orthodox Church of Iqrit in northern Israel. Hezbollah terrorists have been launching rocket attacks against Israel from bases in Lebanon since the war in Gaza began.
In response, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) have hit Hezbollah positions in Lebanon after each one of the terrorist group’s attacks on Israel.
“This attack is not only a clear violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701,” said the IDF about the missile attack, “but also a violation of the freedom of worship.”
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UN Security Council Resolution 1701 calls for the full cessation of hostilities, the deployment of Lebanese forces to Southern Lebanon, parallel withdrawal of Israeli forces behind the Blue Line, strengthening the UN force (UNIFIL) to facilitate the entry of Lebanese Forces in the region and the establishment of a demilitarized zone between the Blue Line and the Lotani River. It was passed after the Second Lebanon War was fought in 2006.
Meanwhile, the IDF continues to find evidence that the Hamas terrorist organization uses civilian areas, including even children’s bedrooms, to hide weapons.
The IDF said that in recent days its forces eliminated a large number of terrorists in encounters in the Darj Tupah area in the northern Gaza Strip. There they found dozens of Kalashnikov rifles, grenades, bazookas, RPGs and an Israeli license plate hidden inside a children’s room in a civilian home.
The IDF also uncovered terrorist bases in the Indonesian hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip. There, IDF troops found a variety of materials linking it to Hamas activity in the area of the hospital. Among other things, inside the enclosed internal compound of the hospital a white Toyota van, like those used by the Hamas terrorists on October 7, was found and it had weapons inside of it.
Forces also found a Toyota Corolla with a yellow (Israeli) license plate there that belonged to the family of the late Samer al-Talalka, a Bedouin Israeli taken hostage on October 7. Remnants of an RPG weapon and bloodstains were found in the vehicle.
The IDF said that the very presence of the vehicle links the hospital directly to the October 7 massacre.
The Indonesian hospital was opened in 2015 near the Jabalia neighborhood and is the largest hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip.
The IDF said it is one of the hospitals behind whose cover Hamas terrorists and commanders operate.
The Indonesian hospital serves as a meeting place for the management of the fighting and a base for senior officials and operatives of the terrorist organization Hama, it added.
