Defense and Security
Still, “whoever has a missile in the living room and a rocket in the garage will no longer have a home,” the Israeli premier warned.
The strike came less than 24 hours after the attempted assassination of Hezbollah’s No. 3 terrorist commander, Ali Karaki, in the same area.
The 25-year-old was hit by shrapnel during the rocket barrage.
“My heart is with all the innocent citizens of Kiryat Bialik,” Mayim Bialik said on her Instagram, following Hezbollah’s attack on the city that shares her family’s illustrious name.
The Israeli Air Force struck more than 1,600 Hezbollah targets in Southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley over the past 24 hours as part of the campaign.
Wizz Air, British Airways and Azerbaijan Airlines canceled flights on Tuesday.
“We obviously do not believe that a ground invasion of Lebanon is going to contribute to reducing tensions in the region, to preventing an escalatory spiral of violence.”
One image shows a long-range missile on a hydraulic system in the attic of a home in the Lebanese village of Houmine al-Tahta.
Israel’s government has approved the declaration of a “special emergency situation” countrywide.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah “remains alone at the top,” said Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Hundreds of launchers comprising thousands of launcher barrels have been destroyed in successive waves of Israeli strikes on Hezbollah’s rocket infrastructure.
The declaration does not affect citizens directly, with the IDF Home Front Command defensive guidelines remaining unchanged as of Monday night.
