Geopolitics & Daily News

⋯ Renewed Israeli attacks in Khan Younis and Beit Hanoun.

⋯ Gaza as seen from Sderot, an Israeli settlement. Israeli jets are active over northern Palestine but have not entered the Lebanese airspace yet.

⋯ Footage of the Israeli airstrikes against Gaza as recorded from the Israeli settlements.

🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️- Israeli military leadership have stated they are “going on the offensive” in Gaza

⋯ Lebanese Prime Minister Mikati: "Lebanon condemns the rocket fire toward Israel from its territory and stressed the Lebanese army & UNIFIL are trying in order to arrest the perpetrators. Lebanon opposes any military escalation from its territory and opposes attacks from here."

⋯ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "The internal debate in Israel will not prevent us from acting against [our enemies], in any place and whenever necessary. We will strike our enemies and they will pay a price for any act of aggression."

⋯ Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant “instructed the IDF to prepare all possible options of retaliation for the rocket attack from Lebanon and present them to the security cabinet tonight”. Seen next to him are the head of Mossad, the head of Shin Bet, and the CoS of the army. Israel informed the UN and UNIFIL that it will respond. Opposition leader Yair Lapid: “The opposition will give the government full backing for a harsh response by the IDF and the security forces.”

⋯ The Lebanese Minister of Interior spoke against the non-Lebanese factions in the south, and stressed on the need to limit peace/war powers to the government.

⋯ Earlier on 22 March, the Secretary-General of Hezbullah said: “Any Zionist aggression, whether military or security, that targets any area in Lebanon or person, whether he is Lebanese, Palestinian, or of any other nationality, the resistance will certainly & swiftly retaliate.”

🇮🇷🇦🇿 - Azerbaijan expells 4 Iranian diplomats.