The attack on southern Lebanon on Thursday involved airstrikes and artillery, an Israeli official told NBC News, after two days of explosions that killed at least 37 people, including two children, and injured thousands more.
A photo taken on September 18, 2024, in Beirut's southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers on display at an undisclosed location.The attack on southern Lebanon involved airstrikes and artillery but Israel i ground forces had not crossed the border, an Israel i official told NBC News.
In a speech Thursday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah referred to the "terrorist" attack as unprecedented, noting that the explosions of roughly 4,000 devices hurt civilians, not just Hezbollah members. "The 'center of gravity' is moving northward — resources and forces are being allocated ," Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said a day earlier in an address at an air base, without mentioning the explosions. "We are at the start of a new phase in the war — it requires courage, determination and perseverance on our part," he said.
The country's foreign minister, Abdallah Rashid Bouhabib, was set to participate in an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council in New York on Friday.Lebanon's civil aviation agency Thursday directed all airlines flying out of its main airport in Beirut to prohibit passengers from transporting pagers and walkie-talkies, the state news agency NNA reported.
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