Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets at Israel, including a long-range projectile that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and across the center of the country.
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With both sides on the brink of all-out war, Hezbollah has launched dozens of rockets into Israel, including a long-range projectile that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and central Israel.
Israel said it intercepted the projectile, which caused no casualties or damage.
Overnight, the Israeli army said it had targeted several Hezbollah sites, including weapons storage facilities that triggered secondary explosions.
On X, she also said she identified, hit and destroyed a building in the area of Nafakhiyehin southern Lebanon, which had launched a missile towards Tel Aviv.
Military leader eliminated by IDF
Israel killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday in Beirut’s southern suburbs. It said he was Ibrahim Mohammad Kabisithe commander of the terrorist organization’s missile and rocket network.
The two-day Israeli bombing campaign has already displaced thousands of people. Families fleeing southern Lebanon have flocked to Beirut and Sidon, sleeping in converted schools, cars, parks and along the Mediterranean coast.
Many have also tried to leave the country, causing a traffic jam at the border with SyriaSome have chosen to travel to the neighboring country, which is in its 14th year of civil war, for fear of an escalation of the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.
Issa Baydoud fled the village of Shihine when it was bombed and traveled to Beirut with his extended family. They slept in vehicles on the side of the road because the shelters were full.
“We had a lot of trouble on the road to get here,” Mr. Baydoun said, who rejects Israel’s claim that it only strikes military targets. “We evacuated our homes because Israel is targeting and attacking civilians.
The West fears that the conflict will widen
Asked about the expected duration of Israeli operations in Lebanon, military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagarisaid the goal was to make them “as short as possible, that’s why we attack with great force. At the same time, we have to be prepared for it to take longer“.
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have been escalating over the past 11 months, with Hezbollah firing rockets, missiles and drones into northern Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and its ally Hamas.
Israel responded with increasingly intense airstrikes and targeted assassinations of Hezbollah commanders, while threatening to launch a larger operation.
THE UN Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting on Lebanon this Wednesday, at the request of France.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said at least 564 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since Monday, including 50 children and 94 women, and more than 1,800 people have been injured.
This is a significant toll for a country still reeling from a deadly attack. against beepers last weekwhich left dozens dead and nearly 3,000 injured, including many civilians.
Lebanon blamed the attack on Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility.
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