Israeli public broadcaster Kan said on Friday around 150 rockets were fired from Lebanon across the border. Israeli ambulance service said there were no immediate reports of casualties.
A top Hezbollah commander has been killed in an Israel i airstrike on Beirut, according to security sources on both sides, escalating tensions to new heights as the Middle East edges closer to the brink of all-out war.
The news broke around the same time as Hezbollah launched around 150 rockets into Israel in retaliation for overnight bombing raids, with the militant group saying it had attacked the country's main intelligence headquarters in the north. Residents and first responders gather at the scene of an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 20, 2024Residents and members of the military inspect the site of an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon
Hezbollah staged revenge attacks this afternoon, announcing it had launched 'salvos of Katyusha rockets' against at least six Israeli 'army headquarters' and bases, including a 'main air defence base'. It comes after Lebanon's ambassador to the UK warned yesterday that an Israeli ground invasion would lead to a 'doomsday' scenario of all-out regional conflict.
Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts a projectile fired from southern Lebanon over Upper Galilee, northern Israel, 20 September 2024Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, September 20, 2024
Another 20 missiles were shot at the areas of Meron and Netua, and most fell in open areas, the military said, adding no injuries were reported. The Israeli military said about 120 launches were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory in the areas of Safed, the Upper Galilee and Israeli-annexed Golan Heights
Hezbollah struck at least four times in northern Israel on Thursday and two Israeli soldiers were killed in a strike earlier in the day.Their attacks came while the leader of Hezbollah vowed to keep up daily strikes on Israel despite this week's deadly sabotage of its members' communication devices.
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