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Israel strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon


Explosion in Israel as rockets fired from Lebanon border

The Israeli military said its warplanes attacked Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after detecting preparations for an air attack on Israel.

Israel said about 100 warplanes destroyed “thousands” of rocket launchers in southern Lebanon on Sunday morning, in what it described as “self-defence”.

Hezbollah then fired hundreds of rockets toward northern Israel, calling it “phase one” of a multi-phase attack.

The exchange marks a major escalation of tensions between Israel and the Iran-backed Shiite Muslim group.

AFP via Getty Images An Israeli Air Force fighter jet fires flares to intercept an enemy missile launched from across the Lebanese border. Photo: August 25, 2024AFP via Getty Images

An Israeli aircraft fires flares to intercept an enemy missile launched from Lebanon.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had identified “extensive preparations” for a large-scale air attack by Hezbollah, prompting it to launch preemptive strikes.

The report added that their aircraft struck more than 40 launch sites, some of which were believed to be targeting central Israel.

Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Israel “acted to protect its citizens and territory” and “does not want all-out war” in the Middle East.

Israel said Lebanese people have been warned to immediately leave areas where Hezbollah is operating.

Lebanon’s Public Health Ministry said Israeli airstrikes killed one person in Khiam and wounded two others.

Immediately after the Israeli airstrike, Hezbollah said it had launched 320 Katyusha rockets at 11 Israeli military bases and barracks.

The group said the attack was in response to the assassination of its senior military commander, Fuad Shukr, last month.

EVN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd from left) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (3rd from left) are seen at an IDF military base in Tel Aviv on August 25, 2024Vietnam Electricity

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd L) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (3rd L) are “managing the situation” from an IDF base in Tel Aviv, the Prime Minister’s office said.

was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital Beirut in July.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was convening an emergency meeting of his security cabinet.

Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant were “managing the situation” from the IDF military base in Tel Aviv.

Israel has been fighting the Lebanon-based militant group since its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip began last October.

Hamas, like Hezbollah, is backed by Iran.

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