As the rate of Iran’s ballistic missile fire has decreased, the Israeli military assessed Thursday that Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel from Lebanon may increase and called for the evacuation of one of the terror group’s strongholds near Beirut. So far, the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group has launched dozens of rockets and drones at Israel, mainly at the north of the country, but also a handful of projectiles at the center. After attacks by the US and Israel on Iran, Hezbollah launched missiles and drones into Israel Monday for the first time in over a year, and Israel retaliated with strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs, leading to further Hezbollah attacks.
Two Hezbollah rockets have hit northern Israeli towns so far this week, injuring one person. Israel has vowed to exact heavy consequences from the terror group in response to the attacks and is expanding its presence in southern Lebanon. Thursday saw dozens of rockets launched from Lebanon at northern Israel by the evening, causing sirens to sound in the Acre area, Galilee, and the Golan Heights.
The IDF on Thursday issued an “urgent warning” to residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold known as the Dahiyeh, ahead of planned strikes against the terror group. The unprecedented evacuation order marked the first time that the Israeli military has called on wide swaths of the Lebanese capital to evacuate, and came a day after the military warned all Lebanese civilians in south Lebanon to evacuate their homes amid the fighting against Hezbollah and to move north of the Litani River, roughly 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the Israeli border. (Read More)
