Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said his organisation could launch more attacks. But Sunday’s exchange of fire did not set off a long-feared war.
Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah traded heavy fire early on Sunday but backed off from sparking a widely feared all-out war, as both sides signalled their most intense exchange in months was over.
Israel said around 100 warplanes launched airstrikes targeting thousands of rocket launchers across southern Lebanon to thwart an imminent Hezbollah attack. Hezbollah said it launched hundreds of rockets and drones aimed at military bases and missile defence positions in northern Israel and the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.
This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows a Hezbollah drone over north Israel during the exchange.Israel and Hezbollah said they aimed only at military targets. Israel said no military target was hit, but one soldier with its navy was killed and two others were wounded either by an interceptor for incoming fire, or by shrapnel from one. Two Hezbollah fighters and a militant from an allied group were killed, the groups said.
Hezbollah began firing rockets and drones at Israel shortly after the outbreak of the war in Gaza, which was triggered by Hamas’ surprise attack into Israel on October 7. Hezbollah and Hamas are allies,. Israel has responded with airstrikes, and the near-daily exchanges have escalated in recent months.
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