Israel’s military says it’s striking Hezbollah sites as Netanyahu vows to ‘increase the blows’
The military said it hit more than 70 Hezbollah sites as U.S.-mediated ceasefire talks continued to face strain.
- On Monday evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel was 'at war with Hezbollah' and ordered military to 'deal them a crushing blow,' prompting the Israeli military to launch strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in the Beqaa Valley and other Lebanese areas.
- Despite a 45-day ceasefire extended earlier this month, the order came after Hezbollah fired rockets in retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with far-right coalition partners pressing for escalation.
- Netanyahu claimed Israel's offensive had 'eliminated... over 600 terrorists,' while Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich cited a $692m drone-defense budget and stated 'for every explosive drone, 10 buildings must fall in Beirut.'
- Israeli strikes on Tyre and Nabatieh killed four and injured three in Kfar Reman, while targeting al-Midan's residential buildings and dropping phosphorus munitions on Qlailah farmland; Lebanese National News Agency reported mass exodus from southern Beirut.
- Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health reported 3,185 deaths since open war began March 2, with more than 400 killed since the ceasefire, as Iran demands any U.S. peace deal include complete regional ceasefire and the escalation coincided with Liberation Day.
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The Israeli military is carrying out a new series of bombings of Lebanon after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an escalation of attacks on targets in the neighboring country, allegedly on positions of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement.
The pro-Iranian Hezbollah attacked the north of Israel with drones. Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Israel was "in war with Hezbollah." The aim was to "smash" the militia.
Netanyahu Orders Intensified Strikes Against Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he had instructed the Israeli military to intensify strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began launching a wave of strikes on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon on Monday, targeting weapon storage facilities and other infrastructure used by the Iran-backed group. “We are at war with Hezbollah, and we will intensify our strikes,” Netanyahu said i…
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Israel is in a "war with Hezbollah," which is why Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu says the attacks are intensified.
Evacuation order issued for ten villages in southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, Hezbollah reports new attacks on Israel.
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