Hezbollah drags Lebanon into another war
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Israel Strikes Hezbollah in Beirut
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In the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, Hezbollah opened a new front in the US-Israeli war against Iran when it launched “missiles and a swarm of drones” at a military base in northern Israel.
The Iran-backed Lebanese militia attacks its powerful opponent with rockets and drones, widening the front in the regional conflict.
While it is true that Iran provides most of Hezbollah's financing, crime, including drug trafficking, gun running, blood diamonds, illicit timber, and even human trafficking.
Reza Khazaei served as the right-hand man to IRGC's Lebanon Corps Commander Daoud Ali Zadeh, and was considered a "key actor" in the buildup of Hezbollah's missile capabilities. The IDF confirmed on
Hezbollah takes responsibility for this afternoon’s rocket fire on the Golan Heights. In a statement, the terror group says it targeted an Israeli army base in response to the “criminal Israeli aggression that targeted dozens of Lebanese cities and towns, including the southern suburbs of Beirut.”
Israel responded with a broad air campaign on Beirut’s southern suburbs as well as southern and eastern Lebanon. So far, at least 40 people have been killed and 246 wounded, while roads out of the targeted areas have been choked with fleeing families - scenes that recalled the mass displacement of late 2024.
This comes after IDF Chief Spokesman Effie Defrin and Defense Minister Israel Katz both alluded to a possible Lebanon ground operation on Monday. The IDF is operating in southern Lebanon as part of
Information coming out of Iran has been limited because of poor communications, round-the-clock airstrikes and tight restrictions on journalists. The spiraling nature of the war raised questions about when and how it would end.