Israel-Hezbollah ground clashes killed at least eight Israeli soldiers after the Israeli military invaded southern Lebanon late on Monday.
The operation, according to the Israeli military, will be a limited ground invasion in southern Lebanon to clear Hezbollah from south of the Litani River. It marks the first such Israeli operation in Lebanon in 18 years.
Meanwhile, Israel has vowed to retaliate after Iran launched around 200 ballistic missiles at the Jewish state Tuesday night on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. The Iranian attack followed Israel’s killing of Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group, as well as an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deputy.
Projectiles were seen over Amman, Jordan, moving toward Israel, as all Israeli residents were instructed to stay in bomb shelters.
Following the attack, which injured two people in Tel Aviv and reportedly killed a Gazan man in the West Bank, Israel promised to retaliate. Netanyahu said on Tuesday night that Iran “will pay for it.” “The regime in Iran does not comprehend our determination to protect ourselves and our resolve to get back at our enemies,” he said.
In Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday in a post on X that Iran’s “action is concluded unless [the] Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation. In that scenario, our response will be stronger and more powerful.”
