The United States helped track the barrage of rockets and drones launched by Hezbollah against Israel, but was not involved in strikes in Lebanon or in shooting down incoming projectiles, a US defence official said on Sunday. The news came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Sunday's strikes in Lebanon were "not the final word" in his country's military campaign against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. "We are striking Hezbollah with surprising, crushing blows ... and, I repeat, this is not the final word," Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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The Israeli military launched strikes in Lebanon on Sunday after detecting preparations for "large-scale" attacks by Hezbollah, said the Israeli military. Three people were killed in the strikes on southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
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The United States helped track the barrage of rockets and drones launched by Hezbollah against Israel, but was not involved in strikes in Lebanon or in shooting down incoming projectiles, a US defence official said on Sunday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned that Sunday's strikes in Lebanon were "not the final word" in his country's military campaign against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
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Hezbollah issued a statement shortly after the Israeli strikes announcing large-scale drone and rocket launches targeting deep into Israeli territory in retaliation for the death of its military commander in an Israeli strike last month.
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At least 40,405 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and 93,468 wounded in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. The Hamas-led October 7 attacks resulted in the deaths of more than 1,190 people, mostly civilians, according to official Israeli figures. Some 250 people were taken hostage, with about 120 remaining in Gaza. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
