Middle East: Hezbollah launched an attack with drones in northern Israel – IDF “smack” Lebanon

The tension in the Middle East is intensified with its Lebanese movement launching an attack on the north. Israel’s army, on the other hand, is pounding Lebanon. Hezbollah’s attack on Israel was in retaliation for the murder of a leading executive of his military arm, Fuad Sukr, in an Israeli air bombardment in a suburb of Beirut last month. Israeli Defence Minister Joav Galland announced that he declared a state of emergency on the internal front, at the same time as the announcement of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement that he launched an attack with a large number of drones against Israeli territory, in retaliation for the assassination of the leading executive of the military arm of Fouad Sukr in an Israeli bombing in a southern suburb of Beirut last month. For his part, the Israeli army announced in the early morning hours today (25.08.2024) that it is launching preventive air strikes in Lebanon, because it has identified preparations for the Lebanese Hezbolas movement to launch “large-scale attacks” on Israel’s territory. “We saw preparations for Hezbollah’s large-scale attacks against Israeli territory,” the Israeli army said in a message prepared in Arabic, intended for the inhabitants of southern Lebanon, which it released via Telegram. “Anyone close to zones where Hezbollah attempts must leave immediately (…) to protect and protect his family,” according to the text. He added that “he will do what is necessary to protect the citizens of Israel”. In a video released via X, Israeli Army spokesman Daniel Hagari stressed that “fighting aircraft are currently attacking Hezbollah positions. According to Israeli media, flights to and from Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, were suspended due to operations, while the Israeli army made known that it activated the air defense sirens, calling on residents to rush into shelters, in the northern part of the country, at the border with Lebanon. In a message via Instagram, the managing company invoked the ‘security situation’ and urged travelers to consult their airlines for more information. The exchanges of fire between Israeli armed forces and the Shia movement supported by Iran are in practice daily since the day after the outbreak of the Israeli war. Hamas in the Gaza Strip, sparked the unprecedented invasion of the military arm of the Palestinian Islamist movement in southern areas of Israeli territory on October 7. The fears of further military escalation, the outbreak of a totalitarian war, intensified after the death of Fouad Sukr, a leading executive of the military arm of Hezbollah, in an Israeli bombing in a southern suburb of Beirut, and he a few hours later of Ismail Haniya, the Hamas leader, in Tehran. Iran and Hezbola blamed Israel for the murder and vowed to take revenge. Since 8 October, over 600 people have been killed in Lebanon, mainly Hezbollah fighters, but also 131 civilians, including journalists, according to a French Agency count. On the other hand, Israel and Golan’s occupied and annexed Syrian elevation, 23 military and 26 civilians have been killed, officially Israeli data.