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According to CCTV International News, Hezbollah in Lebanon announced on August 19:"A large-scale drone attack was launched on the headquarters of the 300th Brigade of the Israeli Army (Ya'ala Barracks) and the logistics base of the Israeli Army Northern Command (Santkin Base) in northern Israel, and casualties were confirmed."

According to CCTV News, on the 19th local time, Hezbollah in Lebanon announced that the organization launched a drone attack on the Yara military camp and the Santkin logistics base in northern Israel that day, confirming casualties.

According to Israeli sources, there are preliminary reports that a drone launched from Lebanon exploded in the western Galilee region of northern Israel, killing more than 100 people.Israelis injured in fire caused by explosionThere were also reports that a building in the northern Israeli town of Yala, near the Lebanese border, was hit.One Israeli soldier was killed and several civilians were injured.

The Israel Defense Forces issued a statement on the 19th saying that Israeli warplanes launched air strikes on several buildings used by Hezbollah militants in Aitashab, Betliv and Hola in southern Lebanon on the evening of the 18th, and released a video of the attack. On the same day, air defense sirens sounded in many places in the Galilee region in northern Israel.

Northern Israel (data map) Source: CCTV News

Hamas rejects latest Gaza ceasefire proposal

On the 18th local time, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that it rejected the latest ceasefire and hostage release agreement proposal put forward by the United States in the Gaza Strip andAccusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of still creating obstacles and putting forward new conditions and demands.

A new round of ceasefire talks in Gaza ended in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on the 16th. Qatar, the United States and Egypt issued a statement after the meeting, saying that the United States proposed a transitional proposal to Hamas and Israel based on the agreement reached by the two sides in the past few weeks.

According to the US Axios news website, Hamas said that the proposal met Netanyahu's demands, including rejecting a permanent ceasefire, rejecting the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip, and controlling the Netzarim Corridor, the Rafah Port and the "Philadelphia Corridor". Hamas said that Netanyahu also overturned previous concessions and set new conditions in the prisoner exchange process.

According to Reuters, Hamas called on mediators to assume responsibility and force Israel to implement what had been agreed upon previously.

According to the website of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, Netanyahu said on the 18th that while working to bring back the hostages, Israel adheres to established principles that are vital to Israel's security. He stressed that some things can be handled flexibly, while others cannot.

According to reports from The Times of Israel and Israel's Channel 12,One of the sticking points in the talks was Netanyahu’s demand that the IDF remain deployed in the “Philadelphia Corridor” to prevent Hamas from smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip and to reorganize its army.

Members of Israel’s negotiating team told Netanyahu there would be no deal without compromise on the issue and urged him to remain flexible.

The "Philadelphia Corridor" refers to a 14-kilometer strip of land along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. According to the 1979 peace treaty signed between Egypt and Israel, this strip of land was established as a buffer zone controlled and patrolled by the Israeli army. After Hamas gained control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, this buffer zone was controlled by Hamas.

Reuters said that just hours before Hamas issued its statement, US Secretary of State Blinken arrived in Israel. This is Blinken's ninth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7 last year.

According to the Associated Press, a senior official traveling with Blinken said that Blinken's arrival in the region comes at a "critical moment" in ceasefire negotiations. Blinken will put pressure on all parties to emphasize the importance of quickly completing ceasefire negotiations to end the suffering of civilians in the Gaza Strip and prevent the conflict from engulfing the region.

According to the Palestinian News Agency on the 18th, in the past 24 hours, the Israeli army launched two attacks on the Gaza Strip, killing 25 people and injuring 72. The report said that since the outbreak of a new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict on October 7 last year, the Israeli army's attacks have caused 40,099 deaths and 92,609 injuries.

According to the Times of Israel, Israeli warplanes attacked a Hezbollah rocket launcher in southern Lebanon on the 18th. In addition, the IDF said that a rocket was fired from Lebanon at the Shtura region in northern Israel that night, but no one was injured in the attack.

Source: China News Network, China News Service, CCTV News, CCTV International News