Israel strikes Hezbollah targets inside Lebanon; IDF warns residents to stay near bomb shelters

Israeli officials connected Thursday were informing residents successful the northbound to enactment wrong oregon stay adjacent weaponry shelters aft the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck hundreds of Hezbollah subject targets wrong Lebanon. 

The IAF, utilizing quality from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), struck immoderate 100 launchers and further "terrorist infrastructure sites" comprising astir 1,000 barrels. 

Israeli officials said these barrels "were acceptable to beryllium utilized successful the contiguous aboriginal to occurrence toward Israeli territory." 

It was not instantly wide if determination were immoderate casualties. 

An craft from the Israeli Air Force  (IDF)

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The strikes travel aft 2 days of attacks targeting thousands of Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies that person been wide blamed connected Israel.

Speaking for the archetypal clip since back-to-back attacks Thursday, Hezbollah person Hassan Nasrallah described the wide bombing of devices arsenic a "severe blow" and threatened retaliation. 

During his speech, Hezbollah struck astatine slightest 4 times successful bluish Israel, and 2 Israeli soldiers were killed successful a onslaught earlier successful the day. Israeli warplanes flew debased implicit Beirut portion Nasrallah spoke and broke the dependable barrier, scattering birds and prompting radical successful houses and offices to rapidly unfastened windows to forestall them from shattering.

Earlier Thursday, Hezbollah said it had targeted 3 Israeli subject positions adjacent the border, 2 of them with drones. Israeli hospitals reported 8 radical lightly oregon moderately injured. 

The attacks person heightened fears that 11 months of near-daily exchanges of occurrence betwixt Hezbollah and Israel volition escalate into an all-out war. Hezbollah says its strikes connected Israel are a amusement of enactment for Hamas. Israel's astir year-old warfare with Hamas successful Gaza began aft its militants led the Oct. 7 onslaught connected Israel.

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Israel has responded to Hezbollah's attacks with strikes successful confederate Lebanon and has struck elder figures from the radical successful the capital, Beirut. The exchanges person killed hundreds successful Lebanon and dozens successful Israel and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents connected each broadside of the border.

Mourners transportation the coffins of victims killed Tuesday aft their handheld pagers exploded, during a ceremonial procession successful the confederate suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.  (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Israeli leaders person stepped up warnings successful caller weeks of a imaginable larger subject cognition against Hezbollah, saying they are determined to halt the group's occurrence to let tens of thousands of Israelis to instrumentality to homes adjacent the border. 

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In a briefing Thursday, the Israeli defence curate said Hezbollah would "pay an expanding price" arsenic Israel seeks to marque conditions adjacent its borderline with Lebanon harmless capable for residents to return.

"The series of our subject actions volition continue," helium said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.