Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Israeli planes hit Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

Rocket explosions on the Lebanese border as seen from Israel

The Israeli military says its warplanes are striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after detecting moves to fire missiles and rockets into Israel.

“In a defensive action to eliminate these threats, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) is striking terrorist targets,” said IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari.

Israel says Lebanese citizens have been warned to evacuate immediately from areas where the Iran-backed Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah is operating.

Shortly after, Hezbollah said it launched a large-scale drone strike on Israel in response to the killing of the group’s senior military commander last month.

AFP via Getty Images An Israeli Air Force fighter jet fires flares to intercept a hostile missile fired from the Lebanese border. Photo: 25 August 2024AFP via Getty Images

Israeli aircraft fire flares to intercept hostile missile fired from Lebanon

Early Sunday morning, warning sirens of incoming rockets sounded across northern Israel.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

In a statement, the IDF said Hezbollah “launched more than 150 projectiles from Lebanon toward the Israeli border.”

Mr Hagari later said that “dozens of IAF (Israeli Air Force) jets are currently attacking targets in various parts of southern Lebanon”.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah said it had already fired more than 320 Katyusha rockets, hitting 11 Israeli military bases and camps.

EVN Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd left) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (3rd left) at an IDF military base in Tel Aviv on 25 August 2024.EVN

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd left) and Defense Minister Yoav Galant (3rd left) are “managing the situation” from an IDF base in Tel Aviv, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would convene an emergency meeting of his defense cabinet.

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Mr Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister and Defense Minister Yoav Galant were “managing the situation” from the IDF’s military base in Tel Aviv.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah said in a statement that its attack on Israel was “in response to the brutal Zionist aggression, which… led to the martyrdom of Fuad Shukr”.

A senior military commander of a Shiite group was killed in an Israeli airstrike July in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.

Israel has been exchanging fire with the Lebanon-based militant group since the war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip began last October.

Hamas is backed by Iran, as is Hezbollah.

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