Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem said on Sunday that the group was ready for all "military possibilities" and launched more than 100 rockets as far south as Haifa as Israel launched hundreds of strikes on southern Lebanon. This latest exchange of cross-border fire comes as Israeli forces raided Al Jazeera’s offices in the West Bank, ordering the bureau to shut down. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded.
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Summary:
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Hezbollah's deputy leader Naim Qassem said on Sunday that the group was ready for all "military possibilities", adding that the confrontation with Israel had become an "open-ended battle of reckoning".
- More than 100 rockets were fired into Israel from Lebanon early Sunday, the Israeli army said, with some landing near the northern city of Haifa. Hezbollah earlier claimed it attacked Israeli military production sites in response to blasts earlier this week targeting the group's communications devices.
- Israeli forces raid and shut down Al Jazeera's bureau in the West Bank amid a widening campaign targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster that covers the ongoing war in Gaza.
Yesterday's key developments:
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Israel's military said dozens of warplanes were striking Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon late Saturday, as cross-border exchanges intensify amid growing fears of all-out war.
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Israel's air force struck thousands of rocket launchers in southern Lebanonthat posed an "immediate" threat amid growing fears of all-out war with Lebanese group Hezbollah.
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Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli strike Saturday on a school-turned-shelter in the Palestinian territory's largest city killed at least 22 people, including 13 children, while Israeli military claimed it targeted Hamas militants.
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah said Saturday that a second senior commander, Ahmed Mahmud Wahbi, was among fighters killed in an Israeli air raid on its Beirut stronghold the day before.
(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP, Reuters)
