Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated Sunday that Tel Aviv has in latest days attacked the Hezbollah armed group in Lebanon “in methods I couldn’t think about.”
“If Hezbollah has not understood the message, I promise you that it’s going to,” Netanyahu was quoted as saying by Reuters.
His assertion got here as Israel launched its assault on Iranian-backed Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, with Israeli warplanes finishing up the heaviest bombardment in almost a yr of struggle in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah additionally struck again, claiming rocket assaults on army targets in northern Israel.
He The Israeli military claimed to have attacked round 290 targets on Saturday, together with hundreds of Hezbollah rocket-propelled weapons, and stated it could proceed to assault targets of the Iran-backed motion.
Earlier on Friday, Israeli airstrikes killed a minimum of 37 folks in a suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut, together with Hezbollah commanders.
Hezbollah stated 16 members, together with chief Ibrahim Aqil and one other commander, Ahmed Wahbi, had been amongst these killed within the deadliest assault in almost a yr of battle with Israel.
The assaults intensified earlier this week after pagers and walkie-talkies utilized by Hezbollah members exploded, prompting the armed group accountable Israel.
The demise toll in these assaults, believed to have been carried out by Israel, has risen to 39 and greater than 3,000 wounded. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement.
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