The Israel Defense Forces launched a deadly wave of attacks against Hezbollah that killed at least 217 in Lebanon, according to authorities.
Dozens of airstrikes from the IDF on Saturday took out Hezbollah leaders in Beirut, a Hamas commander near Tripoli, a headquarters used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps air force, missile launch platforms in southern Lebanon, and Hezbollah military sites in the Bekaa Valley, the Israeli military announced Saturday.
Israel issued evacuation warnings to civilians in Beirut’s southern suburbs and parts of southern Lebanon prior to its onslaught against Iranian-backed Hezbollah.
The bombing campaign has killed at least 217 people, injured 798 others and displaced 95,000 Lebanese civilians, according to the country’s health ministry, Al Jazeera reported.
It is unclear how many members of the Lebanese terror proxy were taken out.
“The Israel Defense Forces will continue to attack every necessary location in order to remove an immediate threat to the citizens of the State of Israel,” the IDF said in a statement posted to X.
“The long arm of the Israel Defense Forces will reach every arena and will cut off the hands of all our enemies in the Middle East.”
Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terror group, has been restocking their arsenal of rockets and drones over the last months expecting a new war with Israel, sources familiar with the group’s plans told The Times of Israel.
The group launched its latest assault on Israel this week to avenge the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
“They knew they were next on the list,” an anonymous Israeli official told the outlet.
Israel took out eight compounds used to hold weapons which Hezbollah stored to prepare for the current conflict, according to The Times of Israel.
One source claimed that Hezbollah still has as many as 95,000 fighters ready to take on the Jewish state, the outlet reported.
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