The latest attacks raised the death toll from the Israeli strikes over three days to 615, with more than 2,000 people wounded.
Hezbollah hurled dozens of projectiles into Israel on Wednesday, including a missile aimed at Tel Aviv that was the militant group's deepest strike yet, while the Israeli military conducted more strikes in Lebanon that the Lebanese health minister said killed more than 50 people. This week has been the deadliest in Lebanon since the bruising monthlong war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006. With tensions still escalating, the Israeli military said it would activate reserve troops.
Tensions between Israel and the Lebanese militant group have steadily escalated over the last 11 months. Hezbollah has been firing rockets, missiles and drones into northern Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and its ally Hamas, a fellow Iran-backed militant group. Israel has responded with increasingly heavy airstrikes and the targeted killing of Hezbollah commanders while threatening a wider operation. The U.N.
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