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Tensions in Lebanon, Hezbollah attacks areas near the city of Haifa with 100 rockets, the Israeli army responds
2024-09-22 16:30:12 / BOTA
The militant group Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets into northern Israel. Some of the rockets fell near the city of Haifa. The Israeli army said the rockets were fired "in the direction of civilian areas".
On the other hand, Israel launched hundreds of attacks against Hebollah militant targets. One person was killed and another injured in southern Lebanon. At least four people were injured by rockets that fell in Israel.
The militant group Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets into northern Israel. Unlike other times, the latest attacks by the militant group have hit deep in northern Israel as well as civilian targets, mostly near the city of Haifa.
The rocket barrage was in response to Israeli strikes in Lebanon that have killed dozens, including two top Hezbollah commanders, and followed an unprecedented attack on the group's communications equipment.
The Israeli military said it carried out a wave of strikes across southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours, hitting around 400 militant sites, including rocket launchers.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has hit Hezbollah in ways it never imagined.
"In the last few days, we have inflicted a series of blows on Hezbollah that it never imagined. If Hezbollah did not get the message, I promise you, it will get the message," he said.
A leader of the militant group Hezbollah, Hassan Fadlallah speaking at a funeral for a member of the militant group said the war had entered a "new phase" and that the militant group will continue its attacks until there is a ceasefire in Gaza.
Hezbollah said it had fired dozens of Fadi 1 and Fadi 2 rockets, a new type of weapon the group had not used before. The latest developments have heightened concerns that the situation could be headed for an all-out war after months of escalating tensions.
The UN's special coordinator in Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasscharet, called on all parties to step down and said the region was on the brink of catastrophe.
In a separate development, Israeli forces raided the West Bank office of Al-Jazeera, which it had banned earlier this year, accusing it of serving as a mouthpiece for militant groups, charges denied by the broadcaster.
Israel is demanding that Hezbollah cease fire and withdraw forces from the border region, adhering to a UN resolution signed with Israel in 2006, regardless of any deal on Gaza.
Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border since Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel in October in a show of support for Palestinians in Gaza.
The conflict in Gaza was sparked on October 7 when Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages, according to Israeli data.
Israel's attacks on the territory have killed more than 41,000 Palestinians, according to the local health ministry run by the militant group Hamas, plunging Gaza into a humanitarian crisis and displacing almost its entire population of 2.3 million./ VOA
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