The strikes comply with Sunday’s heavy trade of fireplace, throughout which Hezbollah launched greater than 100 rockets, missiles and drones into northern Israel, with some touchdown close to town of Haifa.
Lebanon’s well being ministry stated at the very least 50 individuals have been killed and greater than 300 have been wounded within the strikes, together with youngsters, girls and emergency crews, in probably the most intense barrages of Israeli airstrikes in almost one yr of combating towards Hezbollah.
The Israeli army introduced the strikes on what it stated have been 300 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on the social media platform X on Monday, posting a photograph of what’s stated was the army chief, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, approving further assaults from army headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Halevi and different Israeli leaders have promised more durable motion towards Hezbollah within the coming days.
Earlier on Monday, the Israeli army known as on civilians residing close to Hezbollah targets to evacuate instantly.
Residents of a number of cities in southern Lebanon posted pictures on social media displaying populated areas being hit by missiles.
Lebanon’s Nationwide Information Company says at the very least one particular person has been killed and several other others wounded within the strikes, which hit the heights of the central province of Byblos.
The northeastern Baalbek and Hermel areas have been additionally focused by the early morning airstrikes, the place a shepherd was killed and two members of his household have been wounded within the fields of the village of Bodai, the NNA stated.
It added that 4 different individuals have been additionally wounded in Bodai and have been all taken to hospitals within the space.
The information company additionally reported that 11 individuals have been wounded within the southern village of Aitaroun, with one particular person in critical situation.
“We’re deepening our assaults in Lebanon,” Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant stated in a video printed on Monday. “The actions will proceed till we obtain our objective to return the northern residents safely to their properties,” he added.
An Israeli army official stated Israel is targeted on aerial operations and has no instant plans for a floor operation.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) stated it warned Lebanese civilians towards permitting Hezbollah militants to make use of their properties to retailer weapons.
Lebanese media shops additionally reported that residents acquired textual content messages urging them to maneuver away from any constructing the place Hezbollah shops arms till additional discover.
There’s presently no signal of an instantaneous exodus from the populated areas of southern Lebanon.
The strikes comply with Sunday’s heavy trade of fireplace, throughout which Hezbollah launched greater than 100 rockets, missiles and drones into northern Israel, with some touchdown close to town of Haifa.
ADVERTISEMENTHezbollah’s rocket assault got here after an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb on Friday killed a high Hezbollah army commander and greater than a dozen Hezbollah members, together with dozens of civilians, together with girls and youngsters.
Final week, 1000’s of handheld communications units, used primarily by Hezbollah members, exploded in numerous components of Lebanon, killing 39 individuals and wounding almost 3,000.
Lebanon blamed the assaults on Israel, however Israel didn’t affirm or deny its accountability.
