{"id":108473,"date":"2024-09-29T21:41:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T14:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108473"},"modified":"2024-09-29T21:41:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T14:41:46","slug":"israel-continues-to-target-hezbollah-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108473","title":{"rendered":"Israel Continues to Target Hezbollah in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed Friday in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon.<\/li>\n<li>The region is now on edge as a broader conflict looms and Israel weighs a ground operation.<\/li>\n<li>Israel continued to strike Hezbollah in Lebanon on Sunday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup&#10;                          headline-regular loading&#10;                          insider-today\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-event-label=\"insider_today\" data-newsletter-id=\"1\" data-newsletter-title=\"Insider Today\" data-acq-source=\"defenseinlinesignup\" data-track-view=\"{&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;inline_newsletter&quot;}\">\n<section class=\"inline-newsletter-content\">\n<div class=\"success-container__mobile d-none\">\n<p>Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n<p>\n                              Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you&#8217;re on the go.<br \/>\n                              <button class=\"rounded-button headline-semibold white-button download\" type=\"white\"><br \/>\n                                download the app<br \/>\n                              <\/button>      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<form id=\"emailCapture\" action=\"javascript:void(0);\" method=\"POST\" novalidate=\"\">\n<div class=\"sign-up-tos headline-regular\" id=\"nlTos\">\n                                  By clicking \u201cSign Up\u201d, you accept our <a class=\"tos-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insider-inc.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a> and <a class=\"tos-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insider-inc.com\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking &#8220;unsubscribe&#8221; at the bottom of the email.\n                              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-img-wrapper-desktop\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder lazy-holder  has-transparency\" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 124 \/ 111)\">\n<p>                              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-image has-transparency\" viewbox=\"0 0 1 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/public\/assets\/rebrand\/newsletter-bull.png\" alt=\"Bull\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <noscript><br \/>\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/public\/assets\/rebrand\/newsletter-bull.png\"\/><br \/>\n                              <\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A day after confirming that it killed longtime Hezbollah leader <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/who-was-hassan-nasrallah-the-hezbollah-leader-killed-by-israel-2024-9\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">Hassan Nasrallah<\/a> in an airstrike in Lebanon, stunning the world and instantly reshaping the Middle East conflict, Israel said it continues to strike remaining Hezbollah targets.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">&#8220;The IDF will continue to strike and eliminate the commanders within the Hezbollah terrorist organization and will act against anyone who threatens the citizens of the State of Israel,&#8221; <\/span>the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF said on Sunday it had also killed Nabil Qaouk, the commander of Hezbollah&#8217;s Preventative Security Unit and a member of the group&#8217;s Executive Council, also in an airstrike.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that Nasrallah had been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a neighborhood in Beirut. <\/p>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<p>It was a stunning development that some worry could <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hezbollah-hassan-nasrallah-assassination-israel-iran-middle-east-escalation-2024-9\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">draw Iran more directly into the conflict<\/a>. Nasrallah was Iran&#8217;s most important and well-armed proxy. He led the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon for more than three decades and is credited with expanding the group&#8217;s military capabilities and stockpile of rockets and missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, condemned the killing in a series of statements on Saturday but stopped short of threatening retaliation. Reuters reported on Sunday that Khamenei had been moved to a secure location, a sign of just how vulnerable the Iranian government feels after Israel&#8217;s assassination of Nasrallah.<\/p>\n<p>US officials confirmed to <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/live-updates\/israel-gaza-hamas-hezbollah-war\/?id=113917948\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC News<\/a> that Israeli troops may or may soon be conducting small-scale operations into Lebanon in an effort to take out Hezbollah positions on the border. Israel has not yet decided whether to launch a full-scale ground operation, but the country is preparing for the possibility, the officials told ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Such an operation would be limited in scope, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/israel-lebanon-war-hezbollah-09-28-24\/index.html\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported, citing a senior administration official. Israel&#8217;s goal is to return roughly 60,000 Israeli residents to their homes who fled Hezbollah rocket attacks in the northern border area.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<p>Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told CNN this moment presents a &#8220;huge opportunity&#8221; for Israel to &#8220;remove this whole threat&#8221; of Hezbollah, calling on the people of Lebanon to &#8220;take back&#8221; their country from the Iran-backed militant group.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the airstrikes that killed Nasrallah, Iran&#8217;s ambassador to the United Nations called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to address what he described as Israel&#8217;s &#8220;terrorist aggression&#8221; in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<section class=\"dad-related-posts-component at-inline related-posts \" data-component-type=\"dad-related-posts\" data-delay-third-party-scripts=\"true\" data-size=\"2\" data-container-index=\"in_content_recirc_1\" data-included-verticals=\"defense\" data-placement=\"inline\" data-prevent-collision=\"true\" data-excluded-verticals=\"bi-video\" data-root-margin=\"250px 0px\" data-track-view=\"{&quot;event&quot;:&quot;module_in_view&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;in_content_recirc&quot;,&quot;subscription_experience&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;in_content_recirc_1&quot;}\">\n<p><h2 class=\"content-recommendations-title headline-semibold ignore-typography \">\n                                Related stories<br \/>\n                              <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>President Joe Biden said Nasrallah and Hezbollah &#8220;were responsible for killing hundreds of Americans over a four-decade reign of terror.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His death from an Israeli airstrike is a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians,&#8221; Biden said in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<p>Air raid sirens have rung throughout Israel over the last 24 hours as the country girded for possible retaliatory attacks from the various factions in the region allied with Hezbollah and Iran. The IDF said Sunday that Hezbollah had launched rockets at Israel and said on Saturday it had intercepted a missile launched by the Houthis in Yemen. <\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s airstrikes on Friday destroyed several high-rise apartment buildings in the residential neighborhood of Haret Hreik in south Beirut.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image   \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 2248 \/ 3224)\">\n<p>                          <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66f731fbde59ade1a3b589eb\"\/><br \/>\n                          <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/66f731fbde59ade1a3b589eb&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:3224,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:2248}}\" alt=\"Smoke rises over destroyed buildings in Beirut after Israeli strikes on September 27.\"\/>\n                        <\/div>\n<p>                          <span class=\"image-source-caption \"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-semibold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  Smoke rises over destroyed buildings in Beirut after Israeli strikes on September 27.<\/p>\n<p>                          <span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\"><\/p>\n<p>                          Photo by Ahmad Laila\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n                                <\/figcaption><\/span><br \/>\n                          <\/figure>\n<p>Television footage from Beirut on Saturday morning showed plumes of smoke billowing from damaged buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has increasingly <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/israeli-strike-beirut-deaths-hezbollah-commanders-idf-2024-9\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted top Hezbollah officials<\/a> and operatives in recent weeks in strikes that have killed hundreds of people.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah members were also targeted by a covert operation that involved <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hezbollah-pager-attacks-reveal-textbook-covert-operation-ex-spies-say-2024-9\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">detonating electronic communications devices<\/a>. The sophisticated attack was attributed to Israel, though it hasn&#8217;t claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between the two sides have been on the rise since October 8, the day after the Hamas attack on Israel. Hezbollah launched projectiles into Israel in what it said was a show of solidarity with Hamas and the Palestinians affected by the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In his White House statement, Biden said he told his defense secretary to &#8220;further enhance the defense posture of U.S. military forces&#8221; in the region as a measure of deterrence, though he said the ultimate goal is conflict de-escalation &#8220;through diplomatic means.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"82965f10-2c0d-4f4c-b83e-ee43a4013c30\" data-toc-id=\"82965f10-2c0d-4f4c-b83e-ee43a4013c30\">Israel warns of challenging days ahead<\/h2>\n<p>The IDF said the attack that killed Nasrallah and some of his other top officials on Friday was part of a precision strike by Israel&#8217;s air force on Hezbollah&#8217;s central headquarters, which it said was located underground below a residential building.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<p>In a televised press conference on Saturday, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that Israel was on peak alert and warned of challenging days ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Israel does not seek a wider escalation,&#8221; Hagari said, adding that the army was seeking to bring home hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and to ensure its borders are safe.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s government has ordered its citizens not to hold large gatherings of more than 1,000 people in the central area of the country from today amid fears of a retaliation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image   \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 683 \/ 1024)\">\n<p>                          <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5e21a16c24306a22ff4fbe05\"\/><br \/>\n                          <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5e21a16c24306a22ff4fbe05&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:1024,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:683}}\" alt=\"Ali Khamenei\"\/>\n                        <\/div>\n<p>                          <span class=\"image-source-caption \"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-semibold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                  Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pictured January 17, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>                          <span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\" itemprop=\"creditText\"><\/p>\n<p>                          Official Khamenei website\/Handout via REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n                                <\/figcaption><\/span><br \/>\n                          <\/figure>\n<p>In a series of posts on X, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran&#8217;s supreme leader, condemned the Lebanon strikes and showed solidarity with Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Excluded mobile ad on desktop --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lebanon will make the trangressing, malicious enemy regret its actions,&#8221; a post on Khamenei&#8217;s account <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/khamenei_ir\/status\/1839982770166042948\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Iran is a close ally of Hezbollah and has funded the group for decades. Iran&#8217;s state news agency said Saturday that Iranian Brigadier Gen. Abbas Nilforoushan also died in the Israeli strike that killed Nasrallah.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Pentagon said on Friday it had received no forewarning of Israel&#8217;s operation in the Lebanese capital this weekend. The US and allies \u2014 including the United Kingdom, France, and Germany \u2014 issued a joint <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/09\/25\/joint-statement-by-the-united-states-australia-canada-european-union-france-germany-italy-japan-saudi-arabia-united-arab-emirates-qatar\/\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> earlier this week calling for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Lebanon-Israel border.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah is a US-designated foreign terrorist organization with fighters numbering between 40,000 and 50,000, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IF\/IF10703\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">Congressional Research Service<\/a>. The group also has close relationships with the government of Syria and Houthi militants in Yemen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>window.allScripts = window.allScripts || []; window.allScripts.push({ type: \"load\", script: \"%3Cscript%20id%3D%22meta-pixel-script%22%3E(()%3D%3E%7Bvar%20e%3D%7B69531%3A()%3D%3E%7Bvar%20e%2Cn%2Cr%2Ct%2Co%2Ci%3Bfunction%20s()%7Bwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.ccpaApplies%26%26%22ACCEPT%22%3D%3D%3Dwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.userConsent.OPT_OUT%3Ffbq(%22dataProcessingOptions%22%2C%5B%22LDU%22%5D%2C0%2C0)%3Afbq(%22dataProcessingOptions%22%2C%5B%5D)%2Cfbq(%22init%22%2C%221988166924554892%22)%2Cfbq(%22track%22%2C%22PageView%22)%7De%3Dwindow%2Cn%3Ddocument%2Cr%3D%22script%22%2Ce.fbq%7C%7C(t%3De.fbq%3Dfunction()%7Bt.callMethod%3Ft.callMethod.apply(t%2Carguments)%3At.queue.push(arguments)%7D%2Ce._fbq%7C%7C(e._fbq%3Dt)%2Ct.push%3Dt%2Ct.loaded%3D!0%2Ct.version%3D%222.0%22%2Ct.queue%3D%5B%5D%2C(o%3Dn.createElement(r)).async%3D!0%2Co.src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Ffbevents.js%22%2C(i%3Dn.getElementsByTagName(r)%5B0%5D).parentNode.insertBefore(o%2Ci))%2Cwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.cmStarted%26%26window.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.userConsent%3Fs()%3AsetTimeout(s%2C1e3)%7D%7D%2Cn%3D%7B%7D%3Bfunction%20r(t)%7Bvar%20o%3Dn%5Bt%5D%3Bif(void%200!%3D%3Do)return%20o.exports%3Bvar%20i%3Dn%5Bt%5D%3D%7Bexports%3A%7B%7D%7D%3Breturn%20e%5Bt%5D(i%2Ci.exports%2Cr)%2Ci.exports%7Dr.m%3De%2Cr.c%3Dn%2Cr.o%3D(e%2Cn)%3D%3EObject.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e%2Cn)%2C(()%3D%3E%7Br.S%3D%7B%7D%3Bvar%20e%3D%7B%7D%2Cn%3D%7B%7D%3Br.I%3D(t%2Co)%3D%3E%7Bo%7C%7C(o%3D%5B%5D)%3Bvar%20i%3Dn%5Bt%5D%3Bif(i%7C%7C(i%3Dn%5Bt%5D%3D%7B%7D)%2C!(o.indexOf(i)%3E%3D0))%7Bif(o.push(i)%2Ce%5Bt%5D)return%20e%5Bt%5D%3Br.o(r.S%2Ct)%7C%7C(r.S%5Bt%5D%3D%7B%7D)%3Br.S%5Bt%5D%3Bvar%20s%3D%5B%5D%3Breturn%20s.length%3Fe%5Bt%5D%3DPromise.all(s).then((()%3D%3Ee%5Bt%5D%3D1))%3Ae%5Bt%5D%3D1%7D%7D%7D)()%3Br(69531)%7D)()%3B%3C%2Fscript%3E\" });<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/idf-says-hezbollah-leader-nasrallah-is-dead-2024-9\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed Friday in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. 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