Israeli military says its jets targeted hundreds of Hezbollah sites on Saturday, while Hezbollah says it launched dozens of missiles at an airbase in northern Israel
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Lebanese village of Zawtar, on Saturday. The Israel Defense Forces said it had struck hundreds of Hezbollah targets.Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Lebanese village of Zawtar, on Saturday. The Israel Defense Forces said it had struck hundreds of Hezbollah targets.launched its deepest rocket attacks into Israel since the start of the Gaza war, fuelling fears of a wider conflict.
Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant delivered a speech at the Ramat David airbase on Wednesday, telling air force personnel that Israel’s war with Hezbollah had reached a “new phase”. He also praised the army’s Mossad intelligence agency for its “excellent achievements” in the region, just hours after a wave of attacks struck Lebanon,commonly held by Hezbollah members. Wednesday’s attack, in addition to a previous operation targeting pagers, left 42 dead and more than 3,000 wounded.
Last week, however, Israel said it was expanding its strategic aims for the Gaza war to include returning 60,0000 evacuated residents of northern Israel to their homes, which are regularly targeted by Hezbollah. It then unleashed a series of unprecedented attacks on the group. Hezbollah began launching attacks in support of its ally Hamas after 7 October, and has indicated it will stop targeting Israel when the Gaza Strip offensive stops, unless Israel continues shelling Lebanon.
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