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War in the Middle East: exchanges of fire intensify between Israel and Hezbollah
War in the Middle East: exchanges of fire intensify between Israel and Hezbollah
(France 2)
Lebanese Hezbollah struck northern Israel on the night of September 21-22, forcing thousands of people to take refuge in air raid shelters. The operation is presented by Hezbollah as an initial response to the explosions earlier this week of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to its members.
150 Hezbollah strikes hit northern Israel on the night of Saturday 21 to Sunday 22 September. In Haifa (Israel), most of the projectiles, rockets, missiles and drones were intercepted in time. A residential area was still hit.There was an alarm, then a big explosion, a very big explosion.“, testifies a man.
Hezbollah’s response is muscular, while the Israeli army is giving the Islamist movement no respite. The soldiers of the Hebrew state, stationed in the North, have been targeting hundreds of targets in Lebanon for several days. While the exchange of strikes is undergoing a spectacular intensification, Israel has closed all schools in the North until Monday evening.
Prime Minister Netanyahu has warned that he will not tolerate any shooting at Israeli cities. In Beirut, Lebanon, authorities revised upwards the death toll from Friday’s Israeli attack. One of Hezbollah’s elite units was decapitated: 45 dead, including civilians.