People in towns close to border describe night of intense bombing as Israel claims pre-emptive attack on Hezbollah
prayer. His daily ritual, however, was interrupted when the windows began to rattle and his house shake. As the sound of dozens of low-flying war planes and airstrikes grew louder, it became clear that this was more than the occasional bout of shelling he had gotten used to.
Despite the flurry of airstrikes, Hezbollah proceeded with an attack of its own, hitting 11 military sites across Israel with a combination of drones and more than 320 Katyusha rockets. In a statement, the Lebanese group said it was the “first phase” of a retaliation forIsrael The months of fighting have begun to take a toll on the residents of south Lebanon, who live under the sound of bombing and the threat of a wider war.“This war, it must be stopped, it’s gone on for too long. If armies want to fight each other, go ahead, but here there are civilians, kids and babies,” Abu Khudoud said. Six months prior, in February, two Israeli missilesAt the time, the attack was the deadliest for civilians.
The few that have chosen to stay are emergency workers, elderly people and those that say they have a duty to defend their land.
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