Hezbollah, Israel Exchange Fire Amid Fear of Widening Conflict

Published on September 22, 2024

BEIRUT/HAIFA, Israel—Israel and the Hezbollah terrorist group exchanged fire early Sunday morning, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of conflict across Lebanon’s south and Hezbollah firing rockets deep into northern Israel. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said strikes would continue until it was safe for evacuated people in the north to return—setting the stage for a larger conflict as Hezbollah has vowed to fight on until a cease-fire in the parallel Gaza war. “In recent days we have inflicted a series of blows on Hezbollah that it never imagined,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement. “If Hezbollah has not understood the message, I promise you, it will understand the message.”...

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