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☆ Israel aims to upset the regional balance of power. History has a warning
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Ben Wedeman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Beirut CNN —Killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was a step toward changing “the balance of power in the region for years to come,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Saturday. In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon with the goal of crushing the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. This new group, with Iran’s help, proved to be far more lethal and effective than the Palestinian militants Israel had successfully driven out. People gather near the site of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Beyond Lebanon and Israel, there is the example of the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, a lesson in the wages of unfettered hubris.

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CNN —Israel’s military chief told troops on Wednesday that its airstrikes in Lebanon were aiming to destroy Hezbollah’s infrastructure and to pave the way for a possible ground incursion by Israeli forces. “You hear the jets overhead; we have been striking all day,” the head of Israel’s military, Herzi Halevi, told troops while visiting the country’s northern border with Lebanon. People fleeing Israeli bombings in Lebanon wait to enter Syria through the Masnaa crossing in eastern Lebanon on Tuesday. The next day, hundreds of pagers belonging to Hezbollah militants exploded across Lebanon. These are the things that will allow us to safely return the residents of the north afterward.”

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☆ Hezbollah steps up its response to Israeli attacks but its gloves are not fully off
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Despite pledging a “battle without limits” against Israel, Hezbollah’s response to back-to-back Israeli attacks appears to have been carefully calibrated. Hezbollah joined the fight against Israel out of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza after Hamas’ October 7 attacks against Israel. Israel accused Hezbollah of firing the rocket, which came from the direction of Lebanon, but Hezbollah has “firmly” denied it was behind the strike. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began to pivot from fighting Hamas in Gaza to Hezbollah in Lebanon, backed by bellicose allies on his extreme right. This week, another airstrike killed Ibrahim Qubaisi, another senior official who commanded Hezbollah’s missile units.

Persons: Hassan Nasrallah, –, – don’t, Hussein Malla, Israel, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, bellicose, Ibrahim Aqil, Ibrahim Qubaisi, Fathi Al, Masri, Abdallah Bou Habib Organizations: CNN, Israel, Hezbollah –, Radwan Force, Hezbollah’s, Getty, Lebanon’s Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Lebanon, Beirut, Kfar Rouman, Gaza, Hezbollah, Tripoli, AFP

☆ Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill more than 356
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The Israeli military said Monday evening it had carried out a targeted strike in Beirut. Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad told a news conference in Beirut the earlier strikes hit hospitals, medical centers and ambulances. The Israeli military announced it hit some 800 targets, saying it was going after Hezbollah weapons sites. Meanwhile, Hezbollah said in a statement that it fired dozens of rockets toward Israel, including at military bases. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the strikes hit a forested area in the central province of Byblos for the first time since the exchanges began.

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☆ Israel is playing a high-risk game with its new Hezbollah strategy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Israel and Hezbollah have been stuck in the tit-for-tat horror of escalation chicken for nearly a year. But the greater the harm inflicted on Hezbollah recently, the more likely a shorter-term Israeli success has seemed. A full-scale ground war between a tired, divided Israeli military and an experienced, angry Hezbollah inside southern Lebanon would likely be disastrous for Israel. The past week has shown the technological chasm between the two adversaries. Hassan Ammar/APMilitarily, the past week has been a disaster for Hezbollah.

Persons: Ibrahim Aqil, Hassan Nasrallah – Hezbollah’s, Nasrallah, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Hassan Ammar, Netanyahu – Organizations: CNN, NATO Locations: Israel, Iran, United States, Washington, Lebanon, Beirut, Beirut's, Russia, Ukraine, Gaza, irrelevance, Afghanistan

☆ Hezbollah, Israel exchange heavy fire after deadly Israeli strike
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Anadolu | Getty ImagesIsrael and Lebanon exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of war across Lebanon's south, while Hezbollah claimed rocket attacks on military targets in Israel's north. The Israeli military said it struck around 290 targets on Saturday including thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels and said it would continue to strike targets of the Iran-backed movement. Israel closed schools and restricted gatherings in many northern areas of the country and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights early on Sunday. Hezbollah said it targeted the Israeli Ramat David Airbase with dozens of missiles in response to "repeated Israeli attacks on Lebanon", the group posted on its Telegram channel early on Sunday. The successive barrages of rocket attacks launched by Hezbollah at Ramat David are the deepest strikes it has claimed since hostilities began.

Persons: Ibrahim Aqil, Ahmed Wahbi, Jake Sullivan, Sullivan, Najib Mikati Organizations: Anadolu, Getty Images, Ramat, Telegram, Ramat David, Lebanese, General Assembly Locations: Lebanon, Getty Images Israel, Lebanon's, Israel's, Iran, Israel, Golan, Iraq, Ramat David Airbase, Ramat, Washington, New York

☆ Weakened and infiltrated by Israel, Hezbollah arrives at an existential crossroads
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Tamara Qiblawi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

At least 45 people, including women and children, were killed, along with 16 Hezbollah militants, including the Radwan force leader Ibrahim Aqil and senior commander Ahmad Wehbe. Weakened militarily and stripped of its cloak of secrecy, Hezbollah has arrived at the most delicate phase of its decades-long fight against Israel. The Israeli military did not respond to questions about whether the site was impacted but officials confirmed direct hits nearby. This was one of the deepest hits by Hezbollah since the last all-out war between Lebanon and Israel in 2006. What is certain is that there are new unwritten rules of engagement between Hezbollah and Israel.

Persons: Ibrahim Aqil, Ahmad Wehbe, Bassam Mawlawi, Hezbollah’s, Naim Qassem, “, Shir Torem, Rafael, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, ”, Hussein, Nasrallah Organizations: Lebanon CNN —, Israel, Reuters, Ramat Locations: Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut’s, Iran, Gaza, Israel, Kiryat Bialik, Haifa

☆ Hezbollah fires rockets deep into northern Israel as tensions flare. Here’s what we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

On Saturday Israel pounded Hezbollah targets with nearly 300 strikes it what they described as preemptive action to thwart a planned attack. Hezbollah meanwhile has been launching a barrage of rockets and other projectiles at Israel in what it says is retaliation for Israeli attacks in Lebanon. Israel meanwhile fired nearly 300 projectiles into southern Lebanon on Saturday in what the military said was pre-emptive action against a planned Hezbollah attack. Israel continued its strikes into Sunday, with Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reporting two people were killed Sunday morning in southern Lebanon. Speaking on Sunday, Netanyahu again put the focus on ensuring the return of Israel citizens to their homes in northern Israel and to restore security in that region.

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This is the latest in a decades-long conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. Here’s what to know:Israeli invasion: Israeli forces took almost half of Lebanon’s territory when it invaded Lebanon in 1982. Displaced residents: The increase in cross-border fighting has forced people from their homes in both northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Israel said Aqil was among senior Hezbollah figures who were killed in an airstrike on a residential building in Beirut. Lebanon was already reeling after thousands of small blasts hit Hezbollah members’ pagers and walkie-talkies during the week, killing dozens and wounding thousands.

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☆ Israeli airstrike on Beirut killed at least 37, including the commander of a Hezbollah special forces unit
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

An Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb killed at least 37 people. Two Hezbollah commanders, Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wahbi, are said to have died in the strike. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAn Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb on Friday killed at least 37 people, including three children, Lebanon's health ministry said Saturday.

Persons: Ibrahim Aqil, Ahmed Wahbi, —, Daniel Hagari Organizations: Service, Reuters, Israel Defense Forces, Business Locations: Beirut

He accused Aqil and the commanders of planning to raid and occupy communities in Galilee in northern Israel. A photo taken in southern Beirut shows the remains of an exploded pager on Tuesday. Friday’s airstrike was the third Israeli airstrike on Beirut since hostilities began last year, after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel. In January, an Israeli airstrike killed Saleh Al-Arouri, deputy head of Hamas’ military wing, who had been living in Beirut. In July, a second Israeli strike on Beirut killed Hezbollah’s most senior military official, Fu’ad Shukr.

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