Israeli sources say aeroplanes targeted an underground bunker where key Hezbollah officials were gathering, including the group’s projected successor to its recently killed commander. Here are the newest updates.
According to three Israeli officials, Israeli aeroplanes attacked an underground bunker where key Hezbollah figures were believed to be meeting, including the projected successor to the group’s recently assassinated leader, at midnight on Thursday.
As the attacks impacted, a succession of massive explosions ripped through the densely populated neighbourhoods just south of Beirut. Shock waves rattled structures throughout the Lebanese capital.
Israeli officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence, claimed the military received information suggesting leaders were meeting in a bunker in the Dahiya, a neighbourhood south of Beirut are known. These figures included Hashem Safieddine, a cousin and probable successor of Hassan Nasrallah, the long-time Hezbollah chief who was slain in a similar incident last week, according to the officials.
Israel is now conducting big operations across numerous fronts. The blasts in Dahiya, the militant group’s stronghold, occurred immediately after an Israeli warplane conducted an attack in Tulkarm, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Palestinian health officials reported that at least 18 individuals were killed.
Israel has used many airborne drone operations in the West Bank since October 7, but it has primarily reserved planes and bombers for Gaza.
On Thursday, the Israeli military launched many strikes in Gaza, and local health officials reported in the afternoon that
At least 99 people had been slain in the preceding 24 hours, making it one of the worst days in the last three months.
There are indicators that Israel may be poised to escalate its ground incursion into Lebanon, which began this week as it battles Hezbollah. On Thursday, the Israeli military issued a warning to residents of more than 20 villages and communities in southern Lebanon to leave their homes immediately and not proceed south towards Israel. This Monday, the military announced the deployment of a fifth division of soldiers to the border with Lebanon.
Hezbollah’s attempts to assault Israel were repeatedly rebuffed by the country’s robust air defences. The Israeli military claimed that at least 200 rockets had been. According to Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency services, no injuries were reported as a result of the missile firing from Lebanon on Thursday.
Israeli leaders were still considering a military response to Iran’s launch of roughly 200 missiles towards Israeli sites on Tuesday. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has pledged revenge for the missile attack, said on Wednesday that his country was fighting “a tough war against Iran’s axis of evil.”
In an apparent attempt to de-escalate and expand Middle Eastern conflicts, President Biden stated on Wednesday that he would not support Israel hitting Iran’s nuclear installations. against Thursday, oil prices rose after President Biden was asked if he would back an Israeli strike against Iran’s
oil facilities, said: “We’re talking about it. “I believe that would be a little… anyway.”
Here is what else you should know.
Continuing strikes: The Israeli military stated on Thursday morning that it had targeted around 200 targets in Lebanon overnight, including local government facilities in Bint Jbeil, a big town near Israel’s border, where it killed 15 persons it identified as Hezbollah fighters.
Iran sanctions: Mr. Biden told reporters that the leaders of the Group of Seven nations agreed in a call on Wednesday to impose further sanctions on Iran in response to the missile strike. He stated that the other leaders on the callβBritain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japanβagreed that Israel had the right to retaliate, but that it must be proportionate.
Hamas Losses: The Israeli military continued its attacks on Iranian-backed Hamas in Gaza, announcing on Thursday that it had killed three key Hamas officials in a previously unknown airstrike three months ago, including Rawhi Mushtaha, one of Yahya Sinwar’s closest confidants. Hamas did not immediately respond to Israel’s claim, but it has traditionally not confirmed or denied the deaths of its officials during the battle.
A correction was made on October 3, 2024:
An earlier version of this article mistakenly reported the dead toll in Gaza on Thursday. It was one of the highest daily tolls over the last three months, but not the biggest.
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