2024-08-25 12:32:24
Israel announced on Sunday that it had successfully prevented “another large-scale attack by Hezbollah” Expected bombings in Lebanon, but Islamist movement says Still, he successfully launched “hundreds of drones” Stand against the Jews in retaliation for the assassination of one of their leaders. As shown in the figure, There are more than 100 Israeli aircraft Those who bombed Hezbollah positions and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that “anyone who attacks us will pay a price”.
“This morning we discovered that Hezbollah was preparing to attack Israel. After consultation with the Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff, we ordered the Israel Defense Forces to take aggressive action to neutralize the threat.””, he explained at the beginning of a meeting with the Security Cabinet.
In Israel, attacks by Lebanese groups caused no casualties, with only “minor damage” mentioned in the country. Despite this, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared a state of emergency in the country starting at 06:00 local time (03:00 GMT) and lasting 48 hours.
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Netanyahu stressed that they will “Everything you need” Protect the residents of northern Israel.
The international community has been saying for weeks On the one hand, he is worried about the regional military escalation between Iran and its allies and Israel; Ten months after the war in Gaza ended, a ceasefire has not been achieved despite negotiations.
US President Joe Biden is monitoring developments “closely” and a Pentagon spokesman declared that Washington was “willing to support” the defense of its ally Israel.
The UN Resident Coordinator in Lebanon and Lebanese Prime Minister Naguib Mikati urged an end to the “escalation” and implementation of UN Resolution 1701, which ended the war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006.
Hezbollah, a Lebanese Islamist movement armed and funded by Israel’s sworn enemy Iran, threatened to kill its military leader Fuad Shukr in an Israeli attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs on July 30. Take revenge.
It has also joined forces with Iran and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas – which has been waging war against Israel in Gaza for more than a decade – and has threatened to attack former Hamas leader Ismail on July 31. Haniyeh responded to an assassination in Tehran that was blamed on Israel, although he did not recognize it.
The Israeli Air Force received information about the Hezbollah attack and launched a complex operation shortly before 05:00 (02:00 GMT) in which a hundred aircraft hit 40 launch areas from southern Lebanon Thousands of rocket launchers targeting northern Israel,” said military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani.
He added that the Hezbollah shootings were “part of a larger planned attack, most of which we were able to thwart”.
The Israeli military has previously said it launched the operation to “eliminate threats to Israeli citizens.”
More than “320 Rockets”
Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah will speak at 3:00 pm GMT and said Israel’s “statements about the preventive actions it took (…) and the failure to resist the attack were It’s an empty statement.”
The movement, which is very influential in Lebanese politics, claimed in a statement that it had “launched air strikes on Israeli territory with a large number of drones”.
He also claimed to have fired “more than 320” Katyusha rockets at 11 Israeli military bases and the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
He later assured that his surgery was now “over” and a “success.” The attack targeted “Israeli military camps and positions and was designed to help attack drones penetrate deeply” into Israeli territory, the operation detailed.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have praised Hezbollah for its “brave” attack and reiterated threats to launch attacks in retaliation for Israeli actions in the Yemeni port of Hodeidah.
The Israeli military claimed in X that Hezbollah “fired more than 150 artillery shells from Lebanon into Israel.” But he did not report whether Israeli military positions had been attacked.
According to Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV channel, the Israeli attacks targeted the Kunin Rashf, Al Tayri, Beit Yahun, Al Jardali, Zawtar, Iqlim Al Tufa and Al Rayhan forests in southern Lebanon.
Lebanese authorities reported that three people were killed in the Israeli bombing.
In Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport announced flights were delayed or rerouted after the Hezbollah attacks began, but resumed shortly after.
Beirut Airport was operating normally on Sunday morning, although some companies, including Royal Jordanian and Etihad Airways, canceled flights.
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