Israel hints at possible ground invasion in Lebanon
The chief of the country's army says troops are at the ready. It comes as activity ramps up along the northern border with the terrorist militia Hezbollah.
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The chief of the country's army says troops are at the ready. It comes as activity ramps up along the northern border with the terrorist militia Hezbollah.
Israel's military says this is the first time ever that a rocket from Lebanon has reached the country's largest city.
The Iran-backed militant group has confirmed that a top commander was killed in a strike near Beirut.
Israel has launched a barrage of airstrikes across Lebanon, killing more than 490 people and wounding more than a thousand others. It was the deadliest day of conflict in Lebanon since 2006. The Pentagon says it will send additional u-s troops to the Middle East.
In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli troops also raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera, ordering the bureau to shut down.
The militant group says Ibrahim Aqil was killed in what it called an "Israeli assassination operation."
The White House earlier warned both Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group against "escalation of any kind" following pager and walkie-talkie explosions targeting Hezbollah members.
The Israeli defense force said it killed a senior Hezbollah commander with an airstrike in Beirut. Lebanon's health ministry says 12 people died in the strike and 66 others were hurt, nine of whom are in critical condition.
Earlier this week, pagers, and then walkie-talkies, used by Hezbollah exploded across Lebanon in what's believed to be an act of sabotage done by Israel's intelligence community.
Concern over a possible full-scale Israel-Hezbollah war grows as the two sides trade new fire, Hezbollah's leader accuses Israel of crossing "red lines."
Israel launched a series of air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon hitting at least 30 targets. Earlier in the day, Hezbollah launches several rockets into northern Israel killing at least two Israeli soldiers.
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The alderman posted a photo of a pager with the message, "Mazol tov" [sic].
The death toll in the pager and device attacks in Lebanon has climbed to at least 26. Thousands have been injured, including civilians and at least one child. Tara Molina reports.
A total of 14 people were killed and hundreds were wounded when walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah members exploded in the roup’s Beirut stronghold. This came after a dozen more were killed in a similar attack involving detonating pagers. Tara Molina reports.
The attack caught global attention as pagers, belonging to members of the terrorist group, exploded simultaneously.
Thousands of people were wounded when Hezbollah members' pagers exploded in the Iran-backed group's Beirut and south Lebanon strongholds.
Hezbollah began using seemingly outdated pagers to protect themselves from Israeli surveillance, and now, Hezbollah blames Israel for causing those pagers to detonate. Charlie De Mar reports.
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