Israel striking more Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

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******* striking more Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

The ******** military has conducted another round of extensive strikes against targets of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon and suggested a ground incursion may be needed to secure its war goals.

The strikes constituted the most geographically widespread ******** that ******* has simultaneously carried out since its conflict with Hezbollah began nearly a year ago in parallel with the war on Gaza.

*******’s military began carrying out fresh strikes against Hezbollah positions in Lebanon on Monday after identifying that the Iran-backed group was preparing to ******* *******, a military spokesperson says.

Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the military had issued a message to residents of south Lebanon to keep their distance from Hezbollah posts.

He said ******* began striking Hezbollah posts in Lebanon after identifying an intention to ***** on *******.

Asked by reporters about a possible ******** ground incursion into Lebanon, Hagari said “we will do whatever is needed” in order to return evacuated residents of northern ******* to their homes safely.

He gave no further details of the strikes but Reuters witnesses say ******** warplanes carried out an intense wave of air strikes on towns along Lebanon’s southern border and even further north on Monday morning.

Reuters reporters in the southern port city of Tyre could hear warplanes flying low over southern Lebanon and hear a series of air strikes nearby.

Hezbollah’s al-Manar television reported ******** airstrikes targeting the outskirts of many towns and villages in the south and the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon. Footage showed columns of smoke rising over the south.

Hezbollah and ******* exchanged heavy ***** into Sunday, as the Lebanese militant group sent rockets deep into northern ******** territory after facing intense bombardment.

Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem told mourners at the ******** of one of the group’s commanders ******* last week in Beirut: “We have entered a new phase, the title of which is the open-ended battle of reckoning.”

******** Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said operations would continue until it was safe for evacuated people on his side of the border to return – also setting the stage for a long conflict as Iran-backed Hezbollah has vowed to ****** on until a ceasefire in the parallel Gaza war.

The conflict – which has escalated sharply in the past week – has raged since Hezbollah opened a second front against *******, saying it was acting in support of Palestinians facing an ******** offensive further south in Gaza.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah members exploded.

The ******* was widely blamed on *******, which has not confirmed or denied responsibility.

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