Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a building that was hit in an Israeli attack a day earlier in the southern Lebanese village of Ain El Derb on September 30, 2024.
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The Israeli military said it had begun “limited and localized” operations against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
It said it was carrying out “targeted ground attacks” in villages close to the Israeli border. The targets “posed a direct threat to Israeli communities in northern Israel,” the report said.
The company announced earlier on Tuesday that the operation had been planned in recent months and launched after political leaders approved it.
Israeli military launches small-scale ground attack on Israel Hezbollah On Monday, communities on the northern border were sealed off as Israeli artillery pounded southern Lebanon and there were signs more troops were joining. may be sent to the border soon Fight against Iran-backed militants.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Israel had notified the United States of the attack, which he called a “limited operation targeting Hezbollah infrastructure near the border.”
On September 29, 2024, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was killed in the building after the Israeli army used F-35 fighter jets to conduct an air strike on Dahih in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Shortly after Israel ordered residents of three buildings to evacuate, airstrikes were heard across Beirut and thick smoke rose from the capital's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold.
There have been no reports of direct clashes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants, who last fought on the ground on Lebanese soil for a month. 2006 war.
But a Western diplomat in Cairo whose country is directly involved de-escalation efforts Calling Israeli ground operations in Lebanon “imminent.” The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, said Israel had shared its plans with the United States and other Western allies and said the operation would be “restricted.”
Since then, Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged fire almost daily. Gaza War Since the war began, tens of thousands of people in Israel and Lebanon have been displaced. Israel says it will continue its fight against Hezbollah until the families safely return to their homes near the Lebanese border. Hezbollah has promised to continue firing rockets into Israel until a ceasefire in Gaza is reached.