An air raid alert was declared in northern Israel, and Defense Minister Yoav Galant introduced a state of emergency for 48 hours throughout the countryju. The Israel Security Cabinet is meeting.
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The deputy head of Polish diplomacy, when asked by PAP whether the ministry had new recommendations regarding the situation in the Middle East, replied that “We reiterate our call to refrain from traveling to and within the conflict zone.”
Asked whether, in his opinion, this was a major escalation, Szejna replied that “it is important that the consequences are as small as possible.”
The Israeli military said about 100 fighter jets took part in the pre-emptive strike, hitting thousands of Hezbollah rocket launchers.located in over 40 places. As emphasized, the attack was launched after detecting direct preparations by Hezbollah to strike Israel with rockets and drones. Some of them were to reach targets in the central part of the country.
Shortly after, Hezbollah announced that carried out a large-scale attack on Israel in response to that state’s killing of military commander Fuad Shukr on July 30. The Iranian-backed group added that it fired more than 320 Katyusha rockets and drones at 11 Israeli military bases located in the north of the country.
In the town of Khiyam in southern Lebanon, one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike, local media reported.
Sunday’s attack is the “first phase”
The Israeli military said it had warned Lebanese civilians to immediately leave areas where Hezbollah operates. In Israel, air traffic at Tel Aviv International Airport was briefly suspended.
The Israeli military announced that about 100 fighters took part in the preemptive strike, and that most of the dismantled launchers were aimed at northern Israel. The American newspaper “New York Times” reported that the Israelis also destroyed launchers prepared for an attack on Tel Aviv.
Sunday’s strike was the “first phase” of the response to the assassination of Hezbollah military leader Fuad Shukr – Hezbollah declared. Shukr was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut on July 30. Since then, Hezbollah has repeatedly vowed to retaliate. The day after Shukr’s death, Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an attack in Tehran attributed to Israel. Iran also announced it would take revenge on Israel.
Hot in the Middle East. These are the so-called proxy fights
Since the beginning of the Gaza war, Hezbollah has regularly shelled northern Israel, which has been met with counterattacks. More than 100,000 civilians at risk have been evacuated from both sides of the border. Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed nearly 600 people so far, mostly Hezbollah fighters.and almost 50 civilians and soldiers lost their lives in this group’s attacks on Israel.
The decades-long skirmishes between Hezbollah and Israel are considered proxy clashes for the Iran-Israel conflict. The Shiite organization, which controls southern Lebanon, is one of Tehran’s most important allies.
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