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as conflict intensifies, israel launches "heaviest air strikes" on lebanon for second day

on september 20, israel launched a missile strike on the southern suburbs of beirut, the capital of lebanon, killing 37 people, including at least two senior hezbollah military commanders. the armed conflict between the israeli army and hezbollah in lebanon has intensified.

on the 21st local time, the israeli army launched a large-scale attack on southern lebanon, and hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at several israeli military positions.

the israeli defense forces said in the early morning of the 22nd that the israeli army attacked about 290 targets of hezbollah in lebanon on the 21st. on the evening of the 21st, the israeli army launched another round of attacks on about 110 targets of hezbollah in southern lebanon. the israeli army said that it was weakening the combat capability of hezbollah. reuters said,the 21st was the second consecutive day that the israeli army launched the "most violent air strikes" on lebanon since the outbreak of a new round of israeli-palestinian conflict on october 7 last year.

the israel defense forces also announced on the same day that due to the possibility that hezbollah in lebanon might launch a retaliatory action for the attack on the southern suburbs of beirut on the 20th, gathering activities in the area from the northern israeli city of haifa to the north to the temporary border between lebanon and israel will be restricted.

lebanon's hezbollah issued a statement on the 21st saying that the lebanese hezbollah armed forces fired rockets at at least seven military bases in northern israel and the israeli-controlled golan heights that day. lebanon's hezbollah said it would continue to fight the israeli army until israel agreed to a ceasefire in the gaza strip. the israeli military said that as of late afternoon on the 21st, lebanon's hezbollah armed forces had fired about 90 rockets at israeli military targets. the israeli army also received reports of rocket attacks causing damage and fires in northern israel. there is no news of casualties at present.

source | cctv news client