Israel struck Hezbollah-linked banks in Lebanon
Israeli forces carried out air strikes on Lebanon’s al-Qard al-Hassan Bank and its branches on Sunday, the state media reported. This comes after a bomb attack on the bank’s building in Lebanon’s Beirut on Saturday. At least 14 people were killed and 67 others were injured in the attack, according to Lebanese Health Ministry.
A bloody conflict was created 12 days after Nasrallah was killed
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday said that the group’s military chief, Ibrahim Akil, was killed by Israel in an air strike in Lebanon’s Beirut on Saturday. The Israeli military said that Akil, who had served as Hezbollah’s military commander in southern Lebanon during the 2006 war against Israel, was killed in a strike near the Lebanese city of Sidon.
Hezbollah leader’s killing sparks joy and rage in the Middle East
Israel on Friday carried out airstrikes in Lebanon’s capital Beirut that killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, the military said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the strikes were part of an initiative “to prevent a return to war” between Israel and Hezbollah, which fought a 33-day war in 2006.
Lebanon has been the target of a week of attacks
The Israeli military has called on residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate homes and other buildings where it claimed Hezbollah stores weapons and said it was carrying out “extensive strikes” against the militant group. On Friday, an Israeli airstrike took down an eight-story building in a densely populated neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs, according to Israel.
The Israel Defense Force says dozens of rockets were fired from Lebanon
Israel’s military said it carried out an air strike in Lebanon’s Beirut on Friday in response to Hezbollah’s “repeated launches of missiles at Israel”. The strike broke up the group’s chain of command and took away a person who was responsible for the deaths of Israelis, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said. At least 20 people were killed in the strike.
The issue of Hezbollah’s deadly Exploding Pagers is a mystery
Israel’s Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, has said that Israel will carry out “a comprehensive campaign” in Lebanon. This comes after a wave of explosions hit the Israeli Embassy in Beirut on Tuesday and Wednesday. “This campaign could destroy a significant portion of Hezbollah’s missile and other capabilities acquired with Iranian assistance, which pose a serious threat to Israel’s home front,” Barak added.
Israel says it struck after the attack in the Golan Heights
Israel has carried out an airstrike on a senior Hezbollah leader in Lebanon’s Beirut on Monday, the country’s state-run news agency said. The strike comes days after a rocket from Lebanon hit a synagogue in the Golan Heights, killing seven people. Lebanon’s state-run news agency reported that fire trucks and ambulances rushed to the scene of the strike.