🇮🇱 Israel dramatically escalates tensions with Hezbollah

🇮🇱 Israel dramatically escalates tensions with Hezbollah, launching a precision airstrike in Beirut that killed top commander Ibrahim Aqil and other senior figures. Israel claims the strike, part of a newly announced military campaign, aims to secure the Lebanese border.

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Israel dramatically escalates tensions with Hezbollah, launching a precision airstrike in Beirut that killed top commander Ibrahim Aqil and other senior figures. Israel claims the strike, part of a newly announced military campaign, aims to secure the Lebanese border area and enable the return of evacuated residents. The attack marks a significant intensification of the year-long conflict, with Israel vowing to continue until its objectives are met. Hezbollah responded with rocket fire, targeting Israeli intelligence headquarters. The international community expresses concern over the potential for wider regional conflict, as both sides ramp up military actions. This latest development follows a series of mysterious explosions targeting Hezbollah communication devices, further destabilizing the fragile situation along the Israel-Lebanon border.

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Al Jazeera:

More strikes on Hezbollah escalate decades-long conflict

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The fact that Israel is apparently doing another round of explosions right now in Beirut with different electronics tells you the silence from American officials yesterday really matters.

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— Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) September 19, 2024 at 12:34 AM

Israel has conducted a limited air strike in Beirut. The target is believed to be Naim Qassem, the deputy to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

— Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) September 20, 2024 at 11:15 PM

‘By blowing up devices in Beirut supermarkets, moving cars and homes, and in densely-populated civilian areas, Israel … has signalled that its imminent war will be waged against the entirety of Lebanon and its people, that it will not distinguish between Hezbollah’s fighters and Lebanese civilians.’

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— Megan O’Toole (@meganotoole.bsky.social) September 19, 2024 at 8:31 PM

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