Hezbollah fires 150 rockets into Israel as retaliation for overnight blitz and pager bombs despite ambassador warning of ‘doomsday’ war scenario
Hezbollah has launched around 150 rockets into Israel in retaliation for an overnight blitz on dozens of its sites in Lebanon.
Tensions are soaring in the region following two days of deadly sabotage attacks on Hezbollah fighters’ communications devices, which the militant group and its backers Iran attributed to Israel.
Israel has not commented on the blasts, but has stepped up its campaign against Hezbollah since they began on Tuesday, striking dozens of rocket launchers in southern Lebanon last night.
Hezbollah staged revenge attacks this afternoon, announcing it had launched ‘salvos of Katyusha rockets’ against at least six Israeli ‘army headquarters’ and bases, including a ‘main air defence base’.
It comes after Lebanon’s ambassador to the UK warned yesterday that an Israeli ground invasion would lead to a ‘doomsday’ scenario of all-out regional conflict.
Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, September 20, 2024
A firefighter covers his face as he attempts to extinguish flames following a rocket attack from Lebanon in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights September 20, 2024
Israeli soldiers stand in attention in front of the flag-draped coffin of reservist Major Nael Fwarsy, 43, killed a day earlier near Israel’s northern border with Lebanon