Lebanon's Hezbollah group launched a missile attack near the headquarters of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad on Wednesday. Hezbollah claimed that the pager blast in Lebanon was planned in the building it targeted.
Hezbollah has used ballistic missiles in this attack on the capital Tel Aviv. According to news agency Al Jazeera, this is the first time a missile has reached Tel Aviv in the eight-day conflict between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel.
Along with this, Israel has said that another missile has been shot down in the air. 51 Lebanese civilians were killed in the Israeli attack on Wednesday. More than 200 are injured.
Pictures of Israel's attack on Lebanon on Wednesday…
Clouds of smoke were seen in Tire, Lebanon after the Israeli attack.
Israel targeted a village near Beirut.
Israel Claims- Attack on 60 Intelligence Bases of Hezbollah
Israel's military claims it has hit 60 targets linked to Hezbollah's intelligence directorate in Lebanon. These targets have been bombarded with airstrikes. The army said it had destroyed intelligence-gathering equipment and command centers.
On the other hand, Israel's army chief has said that the army is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon. On the other hand, Israel is also carrying out continuous airstrikes in Lebanon.
Hezbollah missile commander killed in Israeli strike
Hezbollah missile commander Ibrahim Qubaisi was killed in an Israeli attack in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday. Apart from this, 5 other people have also died. Israel has been continuously attacking Lebanon for the past 5 days. With this, the death toll in Lebanon has increased to 569 in 2 days.
At the same time, Hezbollah also claimed to have hit 8 locations in Israel with missiles on Monday night. Israel said 55 rockets were fired from Hezbollah. Who were shot down in the air.
Kubaisi was given a final farewell on Wednesday.
On Monday, Israel launched its largest ever airstrike in Lebanon The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched an airstrike targeting 1,600 Hezbollah positions in Lebanon on Monday. It was claimed that 10 thousand rockets were destroyed. At the same time, Lebanon's health ministry said the attack had killed 569 people so far. 94 of them are women and 50 are children. 1,835 people have also been injured.
According to Al Jazeera, this is the biggest attack on Lebanon since the Israel-Lebanon war in 2006. In 2006, 1,000 Lebanese were killed in a month-long conflict. Schools and colleges are currently closed in Lebanon until Wednesday, September 25. People have been sent to safe places.
Israel has dubbed the operation in Lebanon “Northern Arrows”.
The IDF claims that Hezbollah is hiding missiles in homes in southern Lebanon that have been fired at Israel for nearly a year.
Why is Israel targeting residential areas?
According to the Times of Israel report, Israel's army says that Hezbollah has hidden missile launchers in people's apartments. From there they attack Israel. Israel wants to destroy these buildings. Hence Israel has asked the ordinary people living here to leave their homes.
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