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On the same day, Israel targeted mountains north of Lebanon’s capital Beirut for the first time in the war. The country’s forces are now reportedly preparing for a possible ground operation.
The Foreign Ministry condemned Israel's invasion and called on Israel to "immediately cease hostilities, withdraw their troops from Lebanese territory and engage in a real search for peaceful ways to resolve the Middle East conflict." [435] Turkey: The Foreign Ministry stated the attack violates Lebanon's sovereignty. [436]
Why is Israel attacking Lebanon? Hezbollah and Israel have been in conflict for decades – but the two have ramped up their cross-border attacks on each other since last October, when Israel’s ...
On 23 September 2024, Israel began a series of airstrikes in Lebanon as part of the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict with an operation it code-named Northern Arrows. [a] Since then, Israel's attacks have killed over 800 people, [5] injured more than 5,000, [2] [6] [7] and displaced hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians.
After Lebanon complained to the UN, the Security Council called on Israel to withdraw its occupying forces from Lebanese territory. A truce agreement brokered by the US secured an Israeli undertaking to stop attacks north of its security zone in Lebanon, and a Hezbollah agreement to desist from firing rockets into Israel.
The White House and the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Israel's ground operations in Lebanon, but on Monday, President Joe Biden called for a cease-fire.
The Israel Defense Forces announced the beginning of it said would be "limited, localized, and targeted ground raids" against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Monday, after about two weeks of blistering ...
A 14-month-long conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel. The conflict escalated into a prolonged exchange of bombardments, leading to extensive displacement in Israel and Lebanon.