This Monday, Israel launched an offensive against the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon (Middle East) where nearly 500 people died and a total of 1,600 were injured. The death toll also exceeds that recorded in the explosion that occurred in 2020 in the port of Beirut, the country’s capital. Then, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate exploded, killing 218 people and injuring more than 6,000.
Following this offensive, Hezbollah announced in the early hours of Tuesday the launch of about twenty projectiles against Israeli military positions and a munitions factory in response. Similarly, Hezbollah confirmed attacks with Fadi-1 and Fadi-2 rockets against the Amos base, considered the main logistics and transport center in the north of the country; against the Zichron explosives factory, the Ramat David air base and the Megiddo military airport.
For its part, the Israeli army confirmed the detection of at least 20 shots from Lebanese territory, some of which were intercepted and others “fell in open areas,” according to a statement published on its social network account X (previously known as Twitter).
The rocket you see below is a long-range rocket, stored on a hydraulic system aimed at Israeli civilians and ready to be launched at any time.
It is just one of 1,300 targets, including long-range cruise missiles, heavy rockets and drones, that have been… pic.twitter.com/XHGsKPzxbQ
– Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 23, 2024
The increase in attacks between Israel and Lebanon suggests the possibility of an extension of the conflict to the Middle East, with more active participation of other pro-Iranian groups such as Islamist groups in Iraq (which announced for the second consecutive day the launch of a drone against an Israeli position) or the Houthis in Yemen.
