al jazeera: lebanon's hezbollah and israeli army engage in "largest-scale exchange of fire"
2024-09-23
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[global times comprehensive report] according to qatar's al jazeera tv on the 22nd, lebanon's hezbollah issued a statement saying that it had fired dozens of rockets at the rafael military industrial base in northern haifa, israel, as a preliminary response to the explosion of wireless communication equipment. according to the israeli army radio, lebanon's hezbollah fired a total of about 110 rockets on the night of the 21st and the early morning of the 22nd. the israel defense forces said on the 22nd that about 85 rockets were fired from lebanon at the northern haifa area of israel, and some were intercepted.
the times of israel said that the idf launched several rounds of air strikes in lebanon on the 21st, aiming to strike hezbollah's "launchers used to fire at israeli territory." the idf said that about 400 hezbollah rocket launchers were hit, and thousands of hezbollah launchers were hit.
al jazeera said that this was the largest exchange of fire between the two sides since the escalation of a new round of conflict in october last year. as of the early morning of the 22nd local time, the number and degree of damage of the fires on the lebanese-israeli border had reached a historical high.
according to axios news, on the 21st local time, us president’s national security advisor sullivan said that the risk of a full-scale war between israel and hezbollah in lebanon is "real and serious."
according to the u.s. politico, while the biden administration is publicly downplaying the ongoing tensions between israel and hezbollah in lebanon, the conflict between the two sides is seen as a diplomatic setback for the united states in the region. u.s. officials privately admit that the war could evolve into a larger middle east conflict. the u.s. government's internal assessment is that despite negotiations with both sides and regional partners, it will be difficult to ease the situation in the near future. (xiao tong)
