Israel has invaded southern Lebanon earlier this week to combat pro-Palestinian militants
The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) stated they’ve killed some 440 Hezbollah members because the begin of a floor operation in Lebanon earlier this month.
On Tuesday, the IDF introduced “restricted floor raids” into southern Lebanon, following a weeks-long bombing marketing campaign that killed greater than a dozen high-ranking Hezbollah members, together with the pro-Palestinian armed group’s longstanding chief, Hassan Nasrallah.
“We’re pushing Hezbollah north,” IDF spokesman, Brigadier Normal Daniel Hagri, stated in a press release on Saturday. “We eradicated about 440 terrorists from the start of the operation, of which 30 have been commanding officers.”
All through Saturday, the armed group launched greater than 130 projectiles into Israel, the IDF stated. The Israeli Air Pressure responded by a collection of recent strikes on the Lebanese capital in a single day.
In the meantime, Hezbollah stated that it thwarted an Israeli incursion into the border metropolis of Odaisseh on Saturday, in accordance with Lebanon’s Nationwide Information Company.
Earlier this week, the IDF introduced its first losses within the floor operation, amid media stories of heavy combating. Eight Israeli commandos have been killed in two separate firefights, the military stated on Wednesday.
Hezbollah and Israel have routinely exchanged fireplace because the onset of the battle in Gaza, which erupted virtually a yr in the past after a lethal Hamas raid into Israeli territory. The Lebanese armed group has vowed to proceed attacking Israel till a ceasefire is reached in Gaza.
Greater than 2,000 individuals have been killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon since final October, the Lebanese Well being Ministry stated on Wednesday.
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