Israel Strikes Hezbollah in Lebanon
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The Iran-backed Lebanese militia attacks its powerful opponent with rockets and drones, widening the front in the regional conflict.
Lebanon is seeing civilians fleeing their homes in the south as Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs after Hezbollah stepped into the U.S.-Israel war on Iran
Lebanon's health ministry says 31 people were killed by Israeli strikes, while there are no reports of casualties in Israel.
The three-day U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and its allies brought a new wave of displacement to war-weary Lebanon, after Israel retaliated for Hezbollah rocket attacks.
In the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, Hezbollah opened a new front in the US-Israeli war against Iran when it launched “missiles and a swarm of drones” at a military base in northern Israel.
Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, apparently hitting the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait, while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran on Monday.
"We will continue to insist that Hezbollah be disarmed - this is a demand we will not relinquish. The IDF will not conclude the campaign before the threat from Lebanon is eliminated," Zamir said.
Lebanon's parliamentary elections, scheduled for May and widely seen as a new test for the country's main political players, remain in limbo.
IDF completes wave of strikes in Lebanon targeting assets of the Al-Quard Al-Hassan Association, which funds the Hezbollah terrorist organization.