Despite 200 Missiles Israel Sees ‘No Escalation’

The north of occupied Palestine is in a flare up with the Israeli army and Hezbollah in battle and intense exchange of fire. The war drums are beating on the Israel-Lebanese border once again.

The latest skirmishes are the result of the assassination of military commander Mohammad Naimah Nasser according to Hezbollah source speaking to Al Jazeera.

It’s reported that Israeli soldiers have been injured following a double attack by Hezbollah involving drones and rockets launched in northern Israel and which created multiple fires including blazes in the occupied Golan Heights.

The fires were the result of an unprecedented barrage of drones and rockets launched from southern Lebanon that struck the Galilee and the Golan Heights with sirens going off non-stop for 40 minutes.

Reports also show over 100 rockets were fired towards the Israeli-occupied territories within the span of few minutes with explosions heard after a major drone attack with 25 drones falling on Israeli settlements.

Officials in the Israeli army are still playing the fire incidents down saying there is “no indication of a major escalation” according to Israel’s Channel 12 despite the killing of one Israeli soldier and the wounding of others in the Golan Heights.

There are reported fires in Nahariya in northern Israel with Hezbollah missiles targeting the 91st division in the Israeli Ilayit headquarters. It is reported that trains have stopped running between Haifa and Nahariya due to the dangerous security situation.

Rockets also landed in a commercial center in Accre with reports of a direct hit after sirens went off in the town as well as the Haifa Bay.

Hezbollah latter stated that it fired more that 200 missiles of various types on the Galilee and the occupied Golan Heights and these were as a direct result of the Israeli aggression on Gaza.

The rockets and fires created a wave of evacuations from northern Israel through army helicopters. There was an onslaught on the Yarden Barracks and Biet Hamqass in which a a soldier was killed and three others wounded as a result of a direct hit on a military vehicle.

Israeli settlers are reported to be vey angry with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ““because he left us to our fate and he is the most failed prime minister in the history of Israel.”  

“It was the rainiest day [Thursday]. Dozens of fires broke out in thousands of acres of forests and open areas. There are forests that were completely burned and it will take 10 to 15 years to restore them.” Director of the Upper Galilee and Golan region regarding the fires that broke out Thursday in the north due to launch rockets from Lebanon:

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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Palestinian Journalists Under Attack – 55 Israeli Violations in May

The Palestinian Journalists Association (PJA) announced, Monday, it documented 55 violations by Israeli occupation soldiers against Palestinian journalists in last May. It described such violations are part of a  systematic policy to restrict and prevent West Bank and Gaza journalists to carry out their professional duties.

The PJA’s Freedoms Committee said in a press statement to Quds Press the Israeli occupation continues its violations against journalists and media workers to limit their ability to report the truth and document attacks and violations against Palestinians.

The documented violations during May included two injuries from live ammunition while covering events in the field, two arbitrary arrests, and 30 cases of detention and prevention from working and covering events.

The committee also recorded five cases of direct gunfire directed at journalists, five attacks using tear gas and stun grenades, in addition to two cases of confiscation of journalistic equipment and two cases of physical assault on journalists.

The violations include two cases of journalists being barred from covering news at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, one of a media outlet being raided and shut down, another of a journalist being brought before a court and three cases of journalists summoned and interrogated.

The committee affirmed that these practices constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, and international covenants on freedom of opinion and expression, which stipulate the protection of journalists while performing their professional duties in conflict zones.

It added that the escalating targeting of journalists reflects a systematic approach aimed at restricting media coverage and preventing the dissemination of information about the reality and violations suffered by the Palestinian people. The committee noted that the occupation continues to use various means to suppress media work and obstruct the public’s access to information.

The Committee for Freedoms called on international human rights and media organizations, as well as the United Nations, to uphold their legal and moral responsibilities, pressure the occupation authorities to cease their ongoing violations against Palestinian journalists, hold those responsible accountable, and provide the necessary protection for media workers.

The PJA announced last May it documented nearly 300 Israeli crimes, violations, and attacks against Palestinian journalists since the beginning of 2026 and the trend is set to continue judging from the scale of esclation against media workers.

The press association indicated at the time the number of journalists killed reached 262 since the outbreak of the war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, including 261 journalists murdered in the Gaza Strip, in addition to six journalists killed since the beginning of 2026.

This comes at a time when Israeli attacks against Palestinians continue in various areas, amid increasing complaints about the targeting of journalists, the obstruction of their work, and the prevention of their coverage of events on the ground and their reporting to the public.

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