IDF reported massive strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
Israeli forces are striking targets of the Shiite Hezbollah movement in Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) press office said on Monday, September 23.
"[The IDF] is carrying out massive strikes on terrorist facilities belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon," the military said in a statement on its Telegram channel.
It also specified that the details of the operation will be reported later.
On the night of September 22, the IDF reported that Lebanon struck Israeli territory with 10 rockets. Hezbollah indicated that the target was the Israeli Air Force's Ramat David airbase, which is about 50 kilometers from the Lebanese border. On the same day, it was reported that more than 100 rockets were launched from Lebanon, which were intercepted or fell in open terrain.
The day before, on September 21, Israel imposed a special situation in the north of the country due to the threat of shelling from Lebanon. In particular, there appeared restrictions on meetings there: groups on the street should not be more than 30 people, and indoors - more than 300.
On September 20, Israel targeted the Lebanese capital Beirut: the IDF sought to eliminate Hezbollah Shiite commander Ibrahim Aqil, who is a member of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah's highest military body, the Jihad Council. The movement confirmed Akil's death. Fifteen other members of the movement were killed along with him, including senior commanders of the Radwan special forces. The country's health ministry later said the number of victims of the attack had risen to 45.
On September 19, the Israel Defense Forces revealed that its military had carried out a series of attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, hitting 100 launchers and facilities of the group.
The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian radical movement Hamas launched a massive rocket attack from the Gaza Strip into Israel, as well as invading border areas in the south and taking hostages. On the same day, Israel began retaliatory strikes.
