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Hezbollah rockets pound northern Israel after deadly attack kills two Israeli soldiers near border
Tensions along the Israel–Lebanon border have sharply escalated after two Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah attack during an engineering operation near the border community of Manara. The Israel Defense Forces say a bulldozer was struck by a projectile,
Military says troops killed gunmen during ground operations; Syria says army posts targeted by artillery shells from Lebanon; UN says close to 700,000 in Lebanon have been displaced
Iran-backed Hezbollah has entered the escalating confrontation between the United States, Israel, and Iran, launching rockets and drones toward the northern Israeli city of Haifa after midnight. Air raid sirens sounded across the region as projectiles were intercepted,
Sirens sounded in the center and the lowlands following firing from Lebanon - without prior warning. Residents in these areas report the sounds of loud explosions.
The Israeli government approved an attack on Lebanon on Sunday night, hours before Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, Israel's Channel 12 News has reported.
About 100 rockets and drones were launched from Lebanon toward Israel over the course of Saturday, while Israeli tanks advanced toward a southern Lebanese border town, Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV channel reported,
Qatar warned Iran that attacks on regional energy infrastructure during the Middle East war “are a dangerous precedent.” | World News