Israel fired more than 300 missiles into Lebanon on Monday, September 23. Lebanon's health ministry said the attack had killed 492 people so far. There are 58 women and 35 children. 1,645 people have been injured.
According to Al Jazeera, this is the biggest attack on Lebanon since the Israel-Lebanon war in 2006. Schools and colleges are closed in Lebanon until Wednesday, September 25. People were seen moving to safe places. Because of this, traffic jams occurred in many cities.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said-
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hezbollah have destroyed the infrastructure built over 20 years. We destroyed 10 thousand of their rockets. Now Chief Hassan Nasrallah is left alone.
This was the fourth consecutive day of Israeli missile attack. During this period, more than 900 missiles were fired at Lebanese cities, killing more than 300 people so far.
At the same time, a week-long state of emergency has been imposed in Israel amid fears of a counterattack from Lebanon. At the behest of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, cabinet ministers voted by phone on the emergency.
Israel first sent a message, then attacked The Israeli military warned people living near Hezbollah positions to leave their homes immediately. According to the Times of Israel, IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari released a video on social media.
In the video, spokesman Hagari asked Lebanese citizens to move away from the danger zone. He said the Israeli army was going to launch more deadly attacks against Hezbollah.
Hagari said Hezbollah has stockpiled weapons in homes and buildings. If you are in a building with weapons, leave it as soon as possible. He said the message is being sent in Arabic on all networks and platforms in Lebanon.
September 23: Footage of Israeli attack on Lebanon…
Radio station hack, told to leave home According to CNN, a Lebanese radio station was hacked. After this, people from South Lebanon were asked to move to safer places. Radio station Voice of Lebanon gave this information by posting on social media on Monday.
Lebanon's telecom company said that on Monday, 80 thousand people across the country received automatic calls from unknown numbers. In which people were asked to go to a safe place. The company said that it is not known from where these calls are being made.
The IDF attacked the hideout of a Hezbollah commander The Times of Israel reports that the IDF has raided the hideout of Hezbollah's top commander Ali Karaqi in Lebanon. Karaqi is the commander of the South Lebanon region. It has not been confirmed whether he was killed in the attack.
Ali Karaqi is said to be second in command after Hezbollah chief Nasrallah. The IDF has already killed 2 top Hezbollah leaders. Top commander Ibrahim Aqeel was killed in an air strike on Friday. Hezbollah's top commander, Fuad Shukar, was also killed in August.
Why is Israel targeting residential areas? The Times of Israel reports that the Israeli army says that Hezbollah has hidden missile launchers in people's apartments. From there they attack Israel. Israel wants to destroy these buildings. So Israel has asked ordinary people living here to leave their homes.
People taking refuge in safe places in the city of Sidon after Israeli bombardment.
After the attack on Lebanon, people are moving to safer places. The image is of the city of Sidon.
Traffic jam in the city of Sidon, Lebanon. People are leaving their homes and moving to safer places.
Iran called the Israeli attack madness, even threatened Iran has described the attack on Lebanon as 'madness' by Israel. Also threatened to suffer serious consequences. Hamas also condemned the Israeli attack on Lebanon. Hamas said this was a war crime.
After this, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a message to the country. He said-
We are not waiting for any danger, we are ahead of it. Everywhere, in every region, we are eliminating Hezbollah's top leaders, eliminating commanders, eliminating their rockets. Whoever tries to harm us, we will harm him severely.
Since October 7, Israel has conducted more than 8,000 airstrikes on southern Lebanon. About 80 thousand people have migrated from here in the last 11 months.
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