Three top Israeli officials warned an offensive at the Lebanon border could be imminent if the steady drumbeat of clashes with Hezbollah is not resolved.
Israel will soon decide whether to go on the offensive into Lebanon, top officials said, adding to fears of a wider war as fighting with the militant Lebanese group Hezbollah has intensified., Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged a steady drumbeat of attacks for months — the worst fighting between the two foes since a deadly, month-long war in 2006. U.S. mediation attempts have so far
“We are prepared for very intense action in the north,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday on a visit to a military base there. In Lebanon’s south, Israeli airstrikes have scorched swaths of farmland and pushed tens of thousands of people to flee to other parts of the country, which is alreadyThe Israeli military said it uses white phosphorus shells to create smokescreens, not to cause fires. Israel used U.S.
over the past 24 hours, a hospital spokesman, Khalil al-Diqran, said Wednesday. He said many were women, children and elderly people, and that the hospital did not have enough medical supplies. In response to a request for comment, the Israeli military said it was carrying out operations against militants in Deir al-Balah and Bureij areas, including airstrikes and ground attacks.Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Old City were bracing for an influx of protesters Wednesday.
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Shooting at U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon; Israel nears decision on Hezbollah offensiveChantal Da Silva reports on world news for NBC News Digital and is based in London.
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Hezbollah fighters shoot down an Israeli drone in Lebanon and fire rockets at an Israeli baseThe militant Hezbollah group says it shot down an Israeli drone over south Lebanon and fired rockets at an Israeli military base.
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Hezbollah fighters shoot down an Israeli drone in Lebanon and fire rockets at an Israeli baseThe militant Hezbollah group said it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon and fired rockets at an Israeli military base on Saturday, hours after Israeli drone strikes killed at least one person and wounded several others.
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Hezbollah fighters shoot down an Israeli drone in southern LebanonThe militant Hezbollah group says it shot down an Israeli drone over south Lebanon after hours Israeli drone strikes killed at least one person and wounded others. The exchange of fire along the Lebanon-Israel border has been intensifying over the past weeks with Israel’s military push Gaza’s southern city of Rafah.
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