Middle East: “Time zero” after Hezbollah’s retaliation in Israel – Critical Nasrala diangela and message “answer” from Netanyahu

The Middle East crisis deepens and begins to take uncontrollable dimensions. Sunday morning (25.08.2024) Lebanon’s Shia movement, launched an attack with rockets and drones in the north opening another focus of war in the region. Sirens sounded in Israel that was put in an emergency after Hezbollah attacked with 320 rockets and drones. Earlier Israel had unleashed preventive blows on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon. Hezbollah with her announcement made known that the large-scale attack against Israeli military targets, using drones and rockets, was “completed” for today, noting that she achieved her goals. He even spoke of the first phase of the attack, which suggests that there will be a follow-up to the death of his military arm leader Fuad Sukr in an Israeli blow in a suburb of Beirut last month. “Our military operation for today has been completed and achieved,” says Hezbollah, who is supported by Iran, in a statement issued. Itay Blumental (@ItayBlumental) Israel’s claims “as regards the deterrent action it has taken (…) and the failure of the resistance attack are empty allegations,” Hezbollah added in its announcement. Meanwhile the leader of Hezbollah will address today at 18:00 local time (and time of Greece), after the announcement of his movement that he conducted a large-scale attack on Israel. Hassan Nasrala’s speech will concern “the latest developments”, Hezbollah clarified in her announcement. Netanyahu: We will do everything we can to protect our country Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that his government will take all the measures it deems necessary for its defence, a few hours after the launch of the Lebanese Hezbollah hundreds of Katyusa-style rockets and drones against its territory. 🇮🇱 Ataque de Israel no sul do Líbano. Um ataque preventivo a alvos do Hezbollah, após reconhecer seus preparativos para lançar mísseis e ataques de drones contra Israel. — Sueli lei🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 (@LeiSueli6718) “Today morning we identified Hezbollah’s preparations to attack Israel,” he said. “In consultation with the Minister of Defence and the Chief of Staff of the IDF, we instructed the IDF to act preventively to ward off the threat”. “IDF have been working intensively since to prevent threats. They destroyed thousands of rockets targeting the northern part of the country,” Netanyahu noted and asked citizens to follow the instructions of the Internal Front Administration. “We are determined to do everything we can to protect our country and return the people of the north safely to their homes. We will hurt anyone who hurts us.” The Israeli army announced that it was currently conducting further attacks on Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon, hours after its announcement that it carried out preventive air strikes against the Iran-backed Shia movement of Lebanon. “In the last hour, the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) hit Hezbollah launchers in various areas in southern Lebanon to remove threats,” says the Israeli army in an announcement issued. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. The fire of the Lebanese Shia movement was part of a “greater attack that had been planned and we were able to prevent much of it this morning”, the Israeli army noted, announcing that it carried out preventive blows in Lebanon to prevent a “wide-scale attack” of Hezbollah. One dead in the rocket in Lebanon A man lost his life today in an Israeli air strike aimed at a community car Hiam in southern Lebanon, Lebanon’s health ministry announced today, following Israel’s announcement that it carried out preventive blows against the Shia Lebanese movement Hezbollah. “The attack of an Israeli drone in the Hiam community” caused the death of a man, clarified the Lebanese Ministry of Health in a statement released by the Lebanese state news agency ANI, without specifying whether the dead was a fighter or a civilian. REUTERS/Aziz Taher The Health Ministry also announced that two people were injured, one of whom is Syrian, in “a series of Israeli raids” in southern Lebanon, clarified the ANI. Jordanian air carrier Royal Jordanian has today suspended its flights to Beirut “because of the current situation”, broadcast the Jordanian state news agency, without specifying the time frame for this suspension. Officials told Reuters there was no problem in Jordanian airspace.