JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday (Aug 25), as Israel's military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a larger attack, in one of the
A view shows smoke and fire on the Lebanese side of the border with Israel, after Israel said it had noted armed group Hezbollah preparing to attack Israel and had carried out pre-emptive strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon , as seen from Tyre, southern Lebanon Aug 25, 2024.
With three deaths confirmed in Lebanon and one in Israel, both sides indicated they were happy to avoid further escalation for now, but warned that there could be more strikes to come.However, the group would assess the impact of its strikes and"if the result is not enough, then we retain the right to respond another time", he said.Earlier, Netanyahu had said:"We are determined to do everything we can to defend our country ... whoever harms us - we harm him".
Hezbollah had delayed its retaliation to give time for ceasefire talks, and had calibrated its attack to avoid triggering a full-scale war, a Hezbollah official said. A security source in Lebanon said at least 40 Israeli strikes had hit various towns in the country's south in one of the densest bombardments since hostilities began in October.
"Israel should, as it did this morning, deliver a pre-emptive strike. But if Hezbollah continues Israel should strike very hard to remove the threat from Hezbollah once and for all," said Yuval Peleg, 73, from Haifa.
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