Israel is targeting Hezbollah’s leader
Israel will “continue degrading Hezbollah until it achieves its goals”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Netanyahu’s comments came after Hezbollah claimed it fired rockets at Israel. In response to the rocket fire, Israel launched airstrikes on Lebanon’s Beirut, saying it would “continue to destroy Hezbollah’s infrastructure”.
Netanyahu refuses calls for a truce at the UN as Israel strikes Lebanon
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said that Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza is not a war for “rest of the world”, adding, “We’re winning everywhere.” However, Netanyahu’s comments come after his country carried out an air strike against Lebanon’s Hezbollah in retaliation for attacks on Israeli civilians. Meanwhile, Palestinian PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is “winning” on multiple fronts.
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.
It is said that dozens of rockets fired into Israel from Lebanon
Israel on Thursday carried out airstrikes against Lebanon’s Hezbollah in response to a rocket attack on Israel on September 11. At least 24 people were killed in the strike, including two children, according to a Lebanese Health Ministry statement. The strikes were the first by Israel against Hezbollah after a month-long war between the two sides last year.
Hezbollah reels from pager explosions as another wave of blasts hits Lebanon
The first explosion of boo by-trapping Hezbollah’s devices at a hospital in Lebanon was “Beyond any catastrophe”, the country’s Health Minister said. He added that it was “beyond any catastrophe” as the blast killed at least 12 people and injured thousands in the country. The explosion was caused by the use of exploding two-way radios, he further said.
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 hit Lebanon after a attack in the country
A strike by Israel targeting a Hezbollah military base in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley has killed at least six people, including two senior commanders of the group, Lebanese state-run media reported. The strike was in retaliation for the death of 12 children in a rocket attack in Israel’s Golan Heights on Saturday. “We will continue to act against Hezbollah,” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
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.
After Israel struck a school in Gaza, a rocket hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
A rocket hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in Israel’s control of Golan Heights region on the same day as an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens of people. It caused multiple civilian casualties, including children, the Israeli military said. “The Hezbollah terrorist organisation is behind the rocket launch at a soccer field,” it added.