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Hezbollah launched 30 rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel early Monday, although no casualties had been reported, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed.
“Following sirens that sounded a short while ago in northern Israel, approximately 30 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon toward the area of Kabri, a number of which fell in open areas,” an IDF spokesman stated. “No injuries were reported.”
Hezbollah fighters type a human barrier in the course of the funeral procession of slain prime Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut’s southern suburbs on August 1, 2024. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP by way of Getty Images)
The barrage got here amid anticipation of retaliatory strikes by Iran and its proxy forces within the area towards Israel for the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran late final month.
Fighting between Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Israeli forces within the north has intensified in current weeks, sparking fears that the month-long battle in Gaza will unfold.
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Hezbollah, late final month confirmed the demise of Faud Shukr, its “No. 2” commander who was concerned within the 1983 Beirut bombings of a Marine barracks bombing that killed 241 U.S. army personnel.
The IDF strike served as a response to an assault that killed a dozen youths in Israel’s Golan Heights, however Hezbollah continues to disclaim any involvement in that assault, whereas the IDF recognized Shukr because the mastermind behind the assault.
A employee walks by particles as a backhoe removes rubble from a constructing that was broken by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday night in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP/Hussein Malla)
Meanwhile, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln plane service strike group to sail extra shortly to the realm, the Defense Department stated Sunday.
The U.S. and different allies are pushing for Israel and Hamas to realize a cease-fire settlement that might assist calm hovering tensions within the area following the assassination of Haniyeh and Shukr.
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Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, stated in an announcement that Austin spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant earlier within the day, and reiterated America’s dedication “to take every possible step to defend Israel and noted the strengthening of U.S. military force posture and capabilities throughout the Middle East in light of escalating regional tensions.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
