More recently, Israel’s military declared a “limited” operation in Rafah, southern Gaza that has left the city in ruins.
Shortly before the incursion, Israel’s National Security Cabinet approved the “next phase” of its war with Hezbollah, according to Israeli media.
The Lebanese army had also evacuated observation posts at the southern border and moved to barracks in the border villages, according to a Lebanese security source.
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on a village near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on September 29, 2024.
What’s unfolded is some of the fiercest fighting between the two longtime foes since the 2006 Lebanon war, which killed 1,100 in the country.
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