The escalation continues. After the deadly strike on the commanders of a Hezbollah unit on Friday, the Israeli army announced that it was carrying out strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Sunday morning, September 22. The Lebanese Shiite Islamist movement fired approximately 115 projectiles in the last few hours “towards civilian areas in northern Israel”according to the Israeli army statement. Other shootings during the night left four people injured by shrapnel, including three near Haifa, in northern Israel. Follow our live coverage.
More attacks from Iraq. Pro-Iranian armed groups have claimed responsibility for drone strikes towards Israel. During the night, “several suspicious flying objects” approached Israel from Iraq, the Israeli military said, adding that they were intercepted and no injuries were reported.
Israeli Passive Defense Orders Schools to Be Closed in the North of the Country The Home Front Command said in a statement that schools and other educational institutions would be closed until 6 p.m. local time on Monday, following the Hezbollah rocket attacks.
Israel orders Al Jazeera’s office in the occupied West Bank to be closed for 45 days. The Qatari television channel announced that Israeli forces raided its offices in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday and issued a 45-day closure order that accuses the channel of“incite and support terrorism”according to the bureau chief’s comments reported by the channel. The Israeli army did not immediately comment.
The United States calls on its citizens to evacuate Lebanon. “Due to the unpredictable nature of the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel and the recent explosions across Lebanon, including in Beirut, the U.S. Embassy urges U.S. citizens to leave Lebanon while commercial options remain available.”the U.S. State Department announced.