The last 48 hours has seen the most intense exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in almost a year of war in Gaza, as the Lebanese militant group fired projectiles deeper into Israeli territory than has previously been seen.
On Saturday, Israel pounded Hezbollah targets with nearly 300 strikes it what they described as preemptive action to thwart a planned attack.
Almost exactly 24 hours later, Lebanon was rocked by a second attack on Wednesday, when walkie-talkies detonated in the suburbs of Beirut and in the south of the country. Among the targets, Hezbollah said it hit an air base with Fadi 1 and Fadi 2 missiles, a longer-range weapon seemingly not used so far.The Israeli military reported impacts in Kiryat Bialik, Tsur Shalom and Moreshet near the port city of Haifa, around 40km south of the border, marking one of the deepest direct hits by the Iran-backed group since the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war.
Daylight saving 2024: When does it start in Australia, and do clocks move forward or backwards in October? Naim Qassim – the group's second most important figure after leader Hassan Nasrallah – said a "a battle without limits" was now underway.Hezbollah and Israel have been in conflict for decades – but the two have ramped up their cross-border attacks on each other since last October when the war in Gaza began, following Palestinian militant group Hamas' deadly attack on Israel.
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