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Israel planning massive ground force invasion of Lebanon
The invasion, the largest against Lebanon since 2006, would widen the scope of the Israel- and U.S.-led Iran conflict
Almost two weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, the conflict in Lebanon is quickly escalating and expanding into more regions of the country. It began after the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel,
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) late on Thursday said that it had struck Hezbollah infrastructure "across Lebanon. " "A short while ago the IDF completed several waves of strikes targeting Hezbollah
The Israeli military says it's responding to strikes from Iran-backed Hezbollah, and warns residents in Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate.
The Lebanese parliament has extended its term by two years due to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, which has pushed the region into an escalating conflict, and Israel stepped up its attacks on Lebanon.
“They're sleeping on the street without anything,” Aline Kamakian from World Central Kitchen told Newsweek.
By Emma Farge GENEVA, March 13 (Reuters) - Over an eighth of Lebanon's territory is under Israeli orders for people to leave their homes, an aid group said on Friday, while the United Nations peacekeeping mission said Israeli ground troops were making incursions and erecting roadblocks.
In a remarkable statement Monday afternoon, Lebanon called for direct talks with Israel on “permanent arrangements for security and stability on our borders,” while accusing the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah of betraying the country.
The FBI described the attack on one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues as an act of violence targeting the Jewish community.
Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have displaced over 800,000 people, destroyed homes, and disrupted communities as the UN appeals for $325 million in humanitarian aid to support affected civilians.
A week before Thursday’s attack on a Michigan synagogue, the suspect’s two brothers and two of their children were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, the mayor of the Lebanese village where they lived told CNN.