Israel intensifies war on Lebanon after Hezbollah attack

"About 2:30am (04:30 GMT), Nader Hani Akil was awoken by Israeli attacks on Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs. He got his family ready, jumped in the car and left behind their home in Dahiyeh's Burj al-Barajneh neighbourhood. Locals told Al Jazeera that the scene on the way out of the southern suburbs was chaotic with bumper-to-bumper traffic, people fleeing on foot and children crying."

"This situation for me is normal. We accept any aggression. We accept any bombing. We accept death. We accept martyrdom. We accept anything in this situation that we live. One way or another, death will come. We either die with honour and dignity, or let us not die at all."

"Overnight, Hezbollah responded to Israeli attacks for the first time in more than a year by firing a barrage of missiles and drones towards an Israeli military site in the northern city of Haifa. Israel said it killed senior Hezbollah leaders in the attacks on southern Lebanon and Dahiyeh. It also delivered mass displacement notices to more than 50 towns and villages in southern and eastern Lebanon."

"United States officials told MTV Lebanon that they now considered a ceasefire in Lebanon that began in November 2024 to be over and they will not interfere to stop Israel's attacks on Lebanon, the television station reported."

Israeli military operations targeting Hezbollah in Beirut's Dahiyeh district and southern Lebanon resulted in significant casualties and mass displacement. Early morning airstrikes forced residents to evacuate hastily, creating chaotic scenes of bumper-to-bumper traffic and families fleeing on foot. Israel claimed to have killed senior Hezbollah leaders and issued displacement notices to over 50 towns and villages. Hezbollah responded by launching missiles and drones at an Israeli military site in Haifa, marking its first major retaliation in more than a year. The attack was framed as retaliation for the assassination of Iran's supreme leader. U.S. officials indicated the November 2024 ceasefire was effectively over and stated they would not intervene to prevent further Israeli operations.

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