Israel’s wars with Iranian-backed groups continue, with seven dead from rockets in Israel and IDF airstrikes in Syria

Rocket fire from Lebanon killed at least seven people in northern Israel last Thursday, including four foreign workers, in the deadliest such attack since Israel’s invasion earlier this month. The attacks on two separate locations came as senior U.S. diplomats were in the region to push for ceasefires in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, hoping to end the raging wars between Israel and Iranian-backed groups in the Middle East in recent months of the Biden administration.

The militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon has been firing rockets, drones and missiles at Israel daily, drawing retaliatory strikes, since Hamas launched its terrorist attack from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, triggering the war there.

Hezbollah and Hamas are ideological allies and both have long been considered Iranian proxy groups – and designated as terrorist organizations by the United States, Israel and many other countries.

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