The Israel-Lebanon war has turned to a new phase, as Israel continues to bombard Southern Lebanon. IDF conducted another round of extensive strikes on over 300 targets of Iranian-backed Hezbollah on Sept 23.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Lebanese population to evacuate and "get out of harm's way". The Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Monday killed 492 people, including women and children.
Israel's Iron Dome intercepted rockets launched from Lebanon on Monday evening, near Tefen. On the same day, Israel launched airstrikes targeting hundreds of Hezbollah sites, which Lebanese authorities said left at least 274 people dead.
Israel used all four tiers of its air defences — and help from allies — to block Lebanon's mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory.
The Israeli military is preparing for the next stage of its operation in Lebanon after launching a wave of air strikes against Hezbollah targets on Monday morning, the military chief of the general staff Herzi Halevi said.
Israeli strikes killed more than 356 Lebanese in the deadliest and most intense barrage in nearly a year as the Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate their homes ahead of a widening air campaign against Hezbollah.
Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee said in a post on X that so far, more than 800 Hezbollah targets have been struck after earlier warning that airstrikes on houses in Lebanon, in which "Hezbollah hid weapons" were imminent.
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The Lebanese armed militant group Hezbollah fired over 150 rockets across northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of strikes on Lebanon.
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Rinson Jose, 39, was the owner of a Bulgaria shell company that reportedly paid a British firm to obtain the pagers. So far, there is no indication that he was aware of the plot to detonate communication devices in Lebanon, which killed 39 people in two days.
In a significant development, top Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. Aqil, a senior leader in the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group, played a key role in the organization’s military operations.
Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil was reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, escalating tensions between Hezbollah and Israel. Aqil, a key figure in Hezbollah's military operations, marks a significant loss for the group.
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"In the new phase of the war, there are significant opportunities but also significant risks. Hezbollah feels that it is being persecuted and the sequence of military actions will continue," Gallant said in a statement.
The attacks on Hezbollah communications equipment sowed fear across Lebanon, with people abandoning electronic devices for fear of carrying bombs in their pockets.
Deadly Israeli attacks that blew up Hezbollah radios and pagers crossed all red lines, the leader of the heavily armed Lebanese movement said on Thursday, in a speech broadcast as sonic booms from Israeli warplanes shook buildings in Beirut.
According to several media reports, Israel had reserved the pager blasts as an opening blow to Hezbollah in case of an all-out war. However, these plans were accelerated when a couple of Hezbollah members became suspicious of the plot and raised the matter with their superiors.
Hundreds of people were wounded in fresh blasts involving communication devices used by Lebanon's Hezbollah group, a security source said. Many of the wounds were to the stomach and hands, the source said.
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