Israel launches ground invasion of Lebanon
- October 1, 2024
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Israel’s widely expected ground invasion of Lebanon appeared to have begun early on Tuesday when its army said troops had launched “limited” raids against Hezbollah targets in the
Israel’s widely expected ground invasion of Lebanon appeared to have begun early on Tuesday when its army said troops had launched “limited” raids against Hezbollah targets in the border area.
The army said in a statement that its targets are located in border towns that pose “an immediate threat to Israeli communities in northern Israel.” He added that aviation and artillery support ground forces with “precise strikes.”
Residents in the Lebanese border town of Aita al-Shaab reported heavy shelling and the sound of helicopters and drones flying over the area.
Photo: REUTERS/Karamalla Daher
On Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told local council heads in northern Israel that the next phase of the war along Lebanon’s southern border would soon begin and that he would support the goal of bringing home Israelis who fled Hezbollah missiles during the war. almost a year of border war.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah – the most powerful leader of Tehran’s “Axis of Resistance” against Israeli and US interests in the Middle East – was killed by Israel on Friday, dealing one of the heaviest blows in decades to both Hezbollah and its patron. – Iran. .
The Lebanese government said it came after two weeks of intense airstrikes that killed several Hezbollah commanders but also killed about 1,000 civilians and forced a million people to flee their homes.
At least 95 people have been killed and 172 injured in Israeli attacks on Lebanon’s southern regions, eastern Bekaa Valley and Beirut over the past 24 hours, Lebanon’s health ministry said early Tuesday.
Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem, in his first public appearance on Monday since Nasrallah’s death, said that “resistance forces are ready for a ground confrontation.”
Israeli attacks on militant targets in Lebanon are part of a conflict that stretches from the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the occupied West Bank to Iranian-backed groups in Yemen and Iraq. The escalation has raised fears that the US and Iran will be drawn into the conflict. (Reuters).
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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