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the israel defense forces announced on the morning of the 18th local time that the 98th division of the defense forces has been deployed to northern israel to deal with the tensions in the border area between israel and lebanon.

according to previous public reports, the 98th division of the israel defense forces had previously fought in military operations in the gaza strip for several months, and later withdrew more than 10,000 soldiers from khan yunis in southern gaza in august this year.

the 98th division of the israeli army previously fought in the gaza strip (from the israel defense forces) image source: cctv news client

lebanon's hezbollah fires rockets at israeli military targets

on september 18, local time, hezbollah in lebanon issued a statement saying that it had fired several rockets at israeli artillery positions in nevezif in northern israel that day.

hezbollah said in a statement that the move was a response to the israeli army's attack on two villages in southern lebanon on the 18th.

as of now, there has been no response from israel.

a large number of pagers in lebanon were remotely detonated, injuring more than 2,800 people

on the afternoon of september 17, local time, while the lebanese caretaker government was holding a ministerial meeting, pager explosions occurred in beirut, the capital of lebanon, and in many places in southeastern and northeastern lebanon. lebanese minister of public health abyad said that the explosions have killed 9 people and injured about 2,800 people, of which about 200 are in critical condition.

on the 18th local time, lebanese minister of public health firas abyad announced that the death toll from the pager explosion had risen to 12, including two children. currently, medical relief supplies from iraq, iran and jordan are arriving in lebanon, and some of the wounded in the bekaa region in eastern lebanon will be transferred to syria for treatment.

lebanon's hezbollah issued a statement that israel was "fully responsible" for the pager explosion and vowed to take retaliatory actions. hezbollah said israel would receive "due punishment" for the explosion.

in a statement, un special coordinator for lebanon hennis-plasschaert condemned the attack and said it "marks a worrying escalation of the conflict."

us denies involvement in lebanon pager bombings

u.s. state department spokesman matthew miller said at a regular press conference on september 17 that the united states is collecting information on pager explosions in many places in lebanon. he said that the united states was not involved in the explosions, had no prior knowledge of them, and did not know who was responsible for them. he also stressed that civilians cannot be the target of any military action. miller also urged iran not to use any incidents to create instability.

white house spokeswoman karina jean-pierre said the ongoing conflict between israel and lebanon's hezbollah requires a diplomatic solution.

in addition, the pentagon confirmed that us secretary of defense austin and israeli defense minister galant spoke again on the phone on the 17th, calling for a ceasefire and the release of detained persons.

us media: israel informed the us of the situation afterwards

according to a report by the associated press on the 18th, regarding the explosion of a paging device in lebanon, an anonymous us official said that the israeli side informed the us side of the situation afterwards.

the associated press reported that the explosion of a paging device in lebanon came as tensions between israel and hezbollah escalated. the report said that an anonymous us official revealed that israel informed the us of the above-mentioned explosion on the 17th after the operation. the report also said that during the operation, explosives hidden in the paging device were detonated.

in addition, sky news of the united kingdom also reported the news from the associated press. the report also stated that israel has not yet claimed responsibility for the above-mentioned explosion.

idf says it intercepted two drones

the israeli defense forces announced on the morning of the 18th that they had intercepted two drones that entered their airspace earlier that day. one of the drones came from iraq and was intercepted by israeli fighter jets over the sea of ​​galilee near the northern city of tiberias, while the other drone came from lebanon and was intercepted by the israeli air defense system over the northern town of rosh hanikra.

expert analysis: this incident marks a major escalation of the situation between lebanon and israel

niu xinchun, professor at the institute of chinese and arab countries of ningxia university:

this incident must be a major escalation of the conflict between lebanon and israel. because for hezbollah in lebanon, the losses this time are very serious. in fact, the situation between lebanon and israel has been particularly tense in recent times. because israel believes that the current situation on the lebanon-israel border is unbearable for israel, israel must take action to drive hezbollah back to the north of the litani river in lebanon, but in the past 11 months, diplomatic means and military pressure have not worked, so israel has been discussing launching a full-scale war against hezbollah in lebanon in recent times. this pager incident is a further development of israel's increased military pressure on hezbollah in lebanon. the military conflict between israel and lebanon may now be in a spiral stage.

comprehensive from cctv news client, cctv international news, china news service

source: china news service