IDF fighter jets target and destroy building housing Hezbollah members in Lebanon.
Follow developments on Hezbollah pager bomb attack onHezbollah has launched its first rocket attack on targets inside Israel after pager blasts left almost 3,000 wounded and 12 dead in Lebanon and Syria , with the militant group vowing retaliation.
Amid fears that the region is now teetering on the edge of all-out war, with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu pondering an expansion of military activity on his country's northern border, allies on both sides have urgently called for calm.Israel's Defence Forces launched a blistering aerial assault on a number of targets across southern Lebanon
The United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon labelled the blasts an 'extremely concerning escalation in what is an already unacceptably volatile context.' The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept an attack from Lebanon over the Galilee region, near Kiryat Shmona, as seen from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024
Moscow's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova declared today that 'the unprecedented attack' on the country and its citizens 'constitutes a flagrant violation of its sovereignty and a serious challenge to international law through the use of unconventional weapons.' 'Closing a circle from the air, fighter jets attacked the building where the terrorists were operating,' the IDF said in a statement.
Hezbollah demonstrated military advances in 2006 during a five-week war with Israel, which erupted after it crossed into Israel, kidnapping two soldiers and killing others. Lebanese parties opposed to Hezbollah say the group has undermined the state and unilaterally dragged Lebanon into wars.
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