(19 Jun 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Odaisseh, southern Lebanon – 19 June 2024
1. Various of thick smoke rising up from Odaisseh in southern Lebanon
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kiryat Shmona, Israel – 19 June 2024
2. Tilt up from street to interceptions in sky UPSOUND: explosions
3. Man running away from vehicle UPSOUND siren and explosions
4. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Shishi Phima, local resident:
“To live here is not easy. To be here is not easy. It is scary. It is unbearable. It can’t be contained. It is impossible to live with it. I hope there will be a good end to this whole thing, this is the most important.”
5. Various of building with broken windows from previous attacks
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Yarden Haziza, Kiryat Shmona resident:
“Right now in Kiryat Shmona is very sad. The city is empty most of the time. Most of the businesses in the city are closed."
7. Mid of closed shop
8. Various of vehicle damaged from previous attacks
STORYLINE:
The Israeli army said 15 rockets were fired by Hezbollah from southern Lebanon towards the city of Kiryat Shmona, near the Israel-Lebanon border, on Wednesday.
Its Iron Dome defence system was seen intercepting missiles in sky over Odaisseh and over Mesgav Am in Northern Israel.
"It is unbearable," said Shishi Phima, a Kiryat Shmona resident.
"It is impossible to live with it. I hope there will be a good end to this whole thing, this is the most important,” he added.
“Living right now in Kiryat Shmona is very sad. The city is empty most of the time. Most of the businesses in the city are closed," Yarden Haziza, Kiryat Shmona resident, told reporters.
Across the border, thick smoke was seen rising over the southern Lebanese border town of Odaisseh, as Israel retaliated to Hezbollah attacks with airstrikes.
Earlier Wednesday the Hezbollah militant group said at least three of its fighters were killed in Israeli strikes as a U.S. envoy works to quell tensions.
Lebanese state media reported multiple Israeli strikes along the border and in an area north of the coastal city of Tyre, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the frontier.
The Israeli military said two Hezbollah launches damaged several vehicles in northern Israel.
The fighting came as Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, returned to Israel after meeting with officials in Lebanon on Tuesday.
There has been no word on whether he has made progress in his efforts to avoid a devastating regional war.
Hezbollah began attacking Israel almost immediately after the Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7.
There have been near daily exchanges of fire, though most of the strikes are confined to an area around the border.
But the fighting has escalated in recent weeks, raising fears that the clashes could boil over into a full-blown war.
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