How the Latest Israel-Hezbollah Strikes Unfolded

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How the Latest *******-Hezbollah Strikes Unfolded

******* and Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia backed by Iran, have engaged in some of their heaviest cross-border air attacks in months. ******** aircraft bombarded southern Lebanon on Sunday to stop what ******* said were preparations for a major Hezbollah *******. Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia, later said it had fired hundreds of rockets and drones at ******* as retribution for *******’s ******** of a senior commander in July, though ******* said there had been little damage.

Here’s a look at how the latest strikes unfolded on Sunday morning in ******* and Lebanon (times are local and approximate):

5 a.m. (10 p.m. Eastern on Saturday): The ******** military says that its fighter jets have begun bombarding targets in Lebanon belonging to Hezbollah. The military “identified the Hezbollah ********** organization preparing to ***** missiles and rockets toward ******** territory,” it says.

In a video statement, the ******** military’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, says that ******* had begun “a self-defense act to remove these threats,” describing Hezbollah’s preparations as “extensive.” Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv is closed to flights.

5:32 a.m.: Air-raid sirens blare across northern *******, warning of an incoming rocket barrage. The ******** news media circulates footage showing ******** air defenses intercepting rockets fired from Lebanon and describes the barrage as longer than has been typical in the months of intensified launches by Hezbollah.

6:09 a.m.: Hezbollah

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that it launched an ******* as part of an “initial response” to the ******** ************** of Fuad Shukr, one of the group’s most senior commanders, last month. The group says it targeted ******** military bases and aerial defense batteries, and fired drones toward a significant but unspecified military target.

6:20 a.m.: *******’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, announces that a state of emergency is in place, limiting public gatherings. Mr. Gallant’s office says he spoke by phone with Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III to update him on ******** actions “to thwart an imminent threat against the State of *******.”

6:30 a.m.: Admiral Hagari, at a news briefing, says ******* is “removing threats to the ******** home front.” He signals that attacks aiming deep into ******* may have been neutralized, saying that Ben-Gurion airport will soon reopen for flights.

6:55 a.m. Hezbollah releases a

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saying it completed the first phase of its *******. It says the ******** included launching both ******* drones and 320 rockets at 11 military installations in northern *******. The rockets were aimed at ******** military sites in an attempt to facilitate the drones’ passage toward targets deeper inside *******, according to Hezbollah.

8:12 a.m.: The ******** military

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that about 100 ******** fighter jets were involved in the ******** operation, which attacked and destroyed thousands of Hezbollah rocket launch barrels in southern Lebanon, most of which had been aimed toward northern and central *******. Nadav Shoshani, a military spokesman, tells reporters Hezbollah fired hundreds of drones and rockets but caused little damage.

8:26 a.m.: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of ******* releases a statement with his remarks to a cabinet meeting a short time earlier. He reiterates his pledge to create the conditions for tens of thousands of Israelis displaced from their homes by Hezbollah attacks near the border to go back home. “We are determined to do everything to protect our country, to return the residents of the north safely to their homes and continue to uphold a simple rule: Whoever harms us, we will harm them,” he said, according to his office.

8:58 a.m.: Hezbollah releases a new statement saying its military operations were “finished for the day,” and denies *******’s claim that it had thwarted a major *******. It says its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, will speak about the day’s events Sunday evening.

11:08 a.m.: Admiral Hagari

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that *******’s strikes against Hezbollah are continuing and that “several areas in southern Lebanon” were hit over the previous hour. The pace and intensity of the ******** strikes appears to be slowing.

12:42 p.m.: The ******** military lifts the restrictions on public gatherings that it had imposed hours earlier.

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