Hezbollah on Sunday barraged Israel with missiles and other projectiles in response to a deadly Israeli Defense Force attack on the militant group's headquarters in Beirut.
The Israeli military said Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles on Sunday, some of which were intercepted, in one of the heaviest barrages by the insurgents in months. Some of the rockets reached the Tel Aviv area in central Israel.
Meanwhile, in the southwest, the Lebanese army announced that one Lebanese soldier was killed and 18 others injured in an Israeli attack on a military center. The Israeli military said the attack took place in a war zone with Hezbollah and that military operations were directed only at the militants.
Israeli airstrikes also hit central Beirut on Saturday, killing at least 29 people and injuring 67 others, Lebanon's Health Ministry said.
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A man walks past a building damaged by a rocket fired from Lebanon that landed in the area of Linatia, outside Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sunday, November 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Smoke rose again over Beirut on Sunday with new strikes. The Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah's command center and its intelligence unit in the southern suburbs of Dahiya, where the militants have a strong presence.
After the war broke out with Hamas' attack from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Hezbollah began firing rockets, missiles, and drones at Israel. Hezbollah claims the attack is part of solidarity between Palestinians and Hamas. Iran supports both armed groups.
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Israel launches retaliatory airstrikes against Hezbollah, and in September the low-level conflict descends into full-scale war after Israel launches airstrikes across large parts of Lebanon, killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. did.
Journalists take photos of a building hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon in Haifa, Israel, Sunday, November 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
The Israeli attack has killed more than 3,700 people in Lebanon, according to the Health Ministry. The fighting resulted in the evacuation of approximately 1.2 million people, a quarter of Lebanon's population.
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On the Israeli side, about 90 soldiers and nearly 50 civilians have been killed in shelling in northern Israel and in fighting that followed Israel's ground invasion in early October. Approximately 60,000 Israelis have been evacuated from the north of the country.
Israeli soldiers stop traffic near Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel on Sunday, November 24, 2024, to warn of incoming rockets. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 40 Lebanese troops since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, even though the Lebanese army has largely remained on the sidelines.
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Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the airstrike as an attack on U.S.-led ceasefire efforts, calling it “a direct and bloody message of rejection of all efforts and continued contacts” to end the war. is.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
