Israel-Hezbollah War Live Updates: ‘Hezbollah’s missile & rocket unit top commander killed,’ says Israeli military

Israel-Hezbollah War Live Updates: Israel unleashed its most widespread wave of airstrikes against hundreds of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killing 558 people, including 50 children and 94 women, and wounding 1,835

Israel-Hezbollah conflict Live Updates: The Israeli military on Tuesday said that it has killed Ibrahim Muhammad Qabisi, a top commander with Hezbollah’s missile and rocket unit in an airstrike in Beirut. “Qabisi was struck alongside additional central commanders of Hezbollah’s missiles and rockets force,” the military said in a statement. Earlier, Israeli jets conducted a targeted strike in Beirut, Reuters reported quoting the Israeli military.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a recorded message, urged Lebanese civilians to heed their calls to evacuate, ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah, news agency AP reported. “Israel’s war is not with you. It’s with Hezbollah. For too long, Hezbollah has been using you as human shields… Starting this morning, the IDF has warned you to get out of harm’s way. I urge you, take this warning seriously. Don’t let Hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones… Once our operation is finished, you can come back safely to your homes,” Netanyahu said.

How did the recent strikes begin? Just after the pager and walkie talkie attack in Lebanon that claimed the lives of some Hezbollah leaders, Israeli military launched airstrikes in Beirut last week, the most recent being the one that killed Ibrahim Aqil, a senior leader in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force. Hezbollah in retaliation launched over 100 rockets across areas in northern Israel, with some landing near the northern city of Haifa, Reuters reported.

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19:23 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
UK PM Starmer calls for de-escalation on Lebanon-Israeli border

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday called for restraint and de-escalation on the border between Lebanon and Israel, as Israel struck the Hezbollah-controlled area of the Lebanese capital for a second consecutive day.

"I call again for restraint and de-escalation at the border between Israel and Lebanon in the Middle East today. I call again for all parties to step back from the brink," Starmer said in a speech at the Labour Party's conference in Liverpool, northwest England.

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14:41 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
'Extremely alarmed' by escalation of hostilities between Israel, Hezbollah: UN

United Nations Human Rights Office on Tuesday said it was "extremely alarmed" by sharp escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, news agency Reuters reported.

12:51 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 7 as people flee south Lebanon

According to Palestinian officials, Israel’s strikes early Tuesday killed at least seven people in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, news agency AP reported.

At least 15 others, including women and children, were injured in the strikes, they said. (AP)

12:48 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
Israel-Hezbollah conflict live: Turkish president meets Iranian counterpart, suggests taking steps towards peace against Israel's hostility

On Monday, Turkish President Erdogan met the leaders of Greece, Germany, Iran, and Kuwait, as well as the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at the UN General Assembly in New York, the Turkish Presidency said, adding he had discussed the war in Gaza in the meetings.

President Erdogan told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that steps toward peace should be taken in response to Israel's hostility, his office said, adding that the Turkish leader also told chief prosecutor Karim Khan that Israel needed to be held accountable and that an ongoing genocide case against Israel at the ICC must be concluded.

He told Khan that Netanyahu's government "did not hesitate to trample international law and human rights", and that it was under the illusion that there is no power to stop it, it added. (Reuters)

12:45 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
Israel-Hezbollah conflict live: Turkey slams Israel's attacks on Lebanon, calls for international measures

Turkey slammed Israel's recent attacks on Lebanon as "efforts to drag the region into chaos" on Monday, calling for international measures against them and a halt to support for Israel, news agency Reuters reported.

In a statement late on Monday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said countries that "unconditionally support Israel" were helping Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "shed blood for his political interests".

"It is imperative that all institutions responsible for maintaining international peace and security, especially the United Nations Security Council, as well as the international community, take the necessary measures without delay," it said. (Reuters)

12:39 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
Israel-Hezbollah conflict live: Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire after Lebanon suffers huge casualties

Israel's military said on Tuesday it struck dozens of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon overnight, a day after it launched a wave of airstrikes against the Iran-backed group's sites in Lebanon, news agency Reuters reported.

Hezbollah Tuesday morning said it had attacked several Israeli military targets, including an explosives factory 60 km (37 miles) into Israel, with the Fadi series of rockets, Reuters stated.

It said it attacked the explosives factory around 4 am (0100 GMT) and the Megiddo airfield three separate times overnight. (Reuters)

11:31 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
Israel-Hezbollah conflict live: What is the situation on the Israel-Lebanon border?

The Israel-Lebanon border has seen almost daily exchanges since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7. Before Monday, the exchanges had killed around 600 people in Lebanon – mostly fighters but also about 100 civilians — and about 50 soldiers and civilians in Israel, according to news agency PTI.

It has also forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate homes near the border in both Israel and Lebanon.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promised to retaliate for the electronic device bombings. But Hezbollah also has proved wary of further stoking the crisis. The group faces a difficult balance of stretching the rules of engagement by hitting deeper into Israel in response to its brazen attacks, while at the same time trying to avoid the kind of large-scale attacks on civilian areas that can trigger a full-scale war that it could be blamed for, PTI stated.

According to the report, Hezbollah says its attacks against Israel are in support of Hamas. Last week, Nasrallah said the barrages won't end — and Israelis won't be able to return to homes in the north — until Israel's campaign in Gaza ends. (PTI)

09:54 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
Israel-Hezbollah conflict live: As Israel's fight with Hezbollah heats up, people of Gaza fear being forgotten

As the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah grabs global attention, Palestinians in Gaza wonder: What will become of their plight after nearly a year of devastating war?

They are petrified that international concern has been diverted, and that a dark possibility looms: abandonment, news agency AP reported. The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza express the same worry.

Nezar Zaqout, one of some 1.9 million Palestinians who were forced to flee their homes since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, said he fears the fighting across the Israel-Lebanon border will overtake interest in the abysmal living conditions in Gaza and efforts to negotiate a cease-fire, AP report stated.

“We have become completely forgotten," said Zaqout, who is living in Khan Younis after fleeing from Gaza City months ago. "There is no news about us in the media.”

Palestinians fret the miserable conditions in Gaza will become permanent. (AP)

09:43 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
'It's in everyone's interest to resolve it quickly and diplomatically': US administration expresses concern over Israel-Hezbollah conflict

A spokeswoman for United States President Joe Biden said the administration was concerned about what’s happening between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon and insisted that getting a cease-fire deal between Israel and Gaza was key to easing tensions in the region, news agency AP reported.

“It’s in everyone’s interest to resolve it quickly and diplomatically,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters travelling with Biden to New York, where he is to deliver his final address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

A State Department official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity to discuss the private diplomatic efforts, said the US and numerous other countries were keen to present an “off-ramp” for both Israel and Hezbollah to reduce tensions and prevent an all-out war, AP reported.

The US has “concrete ideas” for restoring calm that it will present to allies and partners at this week's UN General Assembly, the official told AP.

He wouldn't detail what the “concrete ideas” were because he said they had yet to be presented to allies and partners for what he termed a “stress test” for their likelihood of success. (AP)

09:19 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
'Israel preparing for 'next phases' of ops against Hezbollah': Israeli military chief

Israel’s military chief, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, Tuesday said Israel was preparing its “next phases” of operations against Hezbollah, and that its airstrikes were “proactive,” targeting Hezbollah infrastructure built over the past 20 years, news agency AP reported.

Halevi said the goal was to allow displaced Israelis to return to their homes in northern Israel, AP report stated.

09:12 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
'Israeli army will do whatever is necessary to push Hezbollah from Lebanon-Israel border': Israeli military

Israel's military spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, according to news agency AP, said the army will do “whatever is necessary” to push Hezbollah from Lebanon’s border with Israel.

“We are not looking for wars. We are looking to take down the threats,” he said. “We will do whatever is necessary to do to achieve this mission."Hagari said Hezbollah has launched some 9,000 rockets and drones into Israel since last October, including 250 on Monday alone.

The military said Israeli warplanes struck 1,600 Hezbollah targets Monday, destroying cruise missiles, long- and short-range rockets and attack drones. According to the spokesman, many were hidden in residential areas, showing photos of what he said were weapons concealed in private homes.

“Hezbollah has turned southern Lebanon into a war zone,” Hagari told a news conference. (AP)

09:06 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
Israel launches airstrikes killing over 400 - deadliest attack in Lebanon since 2006

Israel Monday unleashed its most widespread wave of airstrikes against hundreds of Hezbollah targets, killing 492 people, including 35 children and 58 women, and wounding 1,645 by Lebanese tallies, an AP report stated.

This marked the deadliest attack in Lebanon since 2006.

The latest attacks come amid some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges of fire in almost a year of conflict, as Israel shifts its focus to its northern border, where Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel in support of its ally Hamas, which is fighting a war with Israel in Gaza.

09:02 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
After 492 killed, Netanyahu urges Lebanese civilians to evacuate, says ‘Hezbollah using you as human shields’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a recorded message, urged Lebanese civilians to heed their calls to evacuate, ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah, news agency AP reported.

“Israel’s war is not with you. It’s with Hezbollah. For too long, Hezbollah has been using you as human shields… Starting this morning, the IDF has warned you to get out of harm’s way. I urge you, take this warning seriously. Don’t let Hezbollah endanger your lives and the lives of your loved ones… Once our operation is finished, you can come back safely to your homes,” Netanyahu said.

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09:01 (IST) 24 Sep 2024
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