“We advise civilians in Lebanese villages located near or adjacent to buildings and areas used by Hezbollah for military purposes.Like stockpiling weapons, immediately seek shelter for their own safety,” military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said at a press conference on Monday.
The Lebanese also received messages sent by Israel on their cell phones, ordering them to move at least a thousand meters away from any post used by Hezbollah.
The warning came moments before the Israeli military announced it had launched “comprehensive” strikes against “terrorist targets” belonging to the Shiite movement. “The IDF is currently conducting strikes against terrorist targets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in southern Lebanon,” the army announced on its official Telegram channel.
The Israeli military has vowed to continue attacking Hezbollah, warning that it will “launch large and precise attacks against terror targets widely established in Lebanon”.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant sent a message to the Israeli people, exhorting them to “remain calm, disciplined and fully obey the instructions of the High Command.”
“Extensive attacks” were reported against Hezbollah targets on Monday morning, after a weekend in which the two sides exchanged the most intense fire since the war in Gaza began last October.
ANI reported that “enemy warplanes launched more than 80 airstrikes in half an hour” targeting areas of southern Lebanon, while they launched “intense attacks in the Bekaa Valley” in eastern Lebanon. Country.
According to the official Lebanese government agency, the National News Agency, at least one person was killed and six others wounded in Israeli strikes this morning.
“Census War”
On Sunday, Hezbollah’s number two announced that the Lebanese Islamic Movement had entered a “new phase” in its war against Israel, which he described as an “open war of reckoning.”
“Threats will not stop us. We are ready for all military displays against Israel, Naim Kassim said during the funeral of one of the group’s commanders killed in an Israeli attack in Beirut.
In turn, Israeli army chief of staff Herzey Halevi said “Israel is ready for further operations planned in the coming days” and vowed to continue attacking Hezbollah until the evacuees from Israel’s north return safely. home
The return to northern Israel of tens of thousands of residents displaced by Hezbollah attacks was defined as one of the Israeli government’s war objectives.
“We are determined to ensure that people in the North return home safely. No country can tolerate firing on its people, its cities, and we will not tolerate that,” Halevi said on Sunday.
The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalated last week after a series of attacks that killed dozens and injured thousands in Lebanon.
On Friday, an Israeli air strike in south Beirut killed 45 people, including a Hezbollah commander and 16 members of the group.
Cross-border attacks continued over the weekend, with Hezbollah firing 150 rockets into Israel after Tel Aviv launched airstrikes in southern Lebanon that destroyed thousands of militant rocket launchers.
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