About 120 rockets were fired toward Israel by midday on Friday, the IDF said.
Israel had a hand in the manufacturing of pagers that exploded on Hezbollah operatives this week, a U.S. intelligence source confirmedIsrael said it launched a "targeted strike" in Beirut on Friday as tensions continue to rise between Israel and Hezbollah.
In 2023, the U.S. announced an award of up to $7 million for any information leading to the "identification, location, arrest, and/or conviction of Hizballah key leader Ibrahim Aqil," according to the U.S. Award for Justice program. Aqil also directed the taking of American and German hostages in Lebanon and held them there in the 1980s.
About 120 rockets were fired toward Israel by midday on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces told ABC News. Israel on Thursday struck more than 100 Hezbollah targets within Lebanon, the military said. "We will continue to stand by Israel's right to defend itself," Miller said during a press briefing Thursday. "But we don't want to see any party escalate this conflict, period."
A spokesperson for the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon told Reuters on Friday the agency was also calling for de-escalation after seeing this week "a heavy intensification of the hostilities across the Blue Line," a reference to the border between Israel and Lebanon.
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