The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have launched attacks on military targets belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, destroying thousands of launchers that the group planned to use to strike Israeli territory,

Hezbollah did not immediately confirm the death of Ibrahim Aqeel. The United States had accused him of being involved in bombings that killed more than 200 U.S. Marines and many others in Beirut in 1983.

Israeli warplanes have been pounding southern Lebanon, raising fears of all-out war a day after an Israeli strike on Beirut left senior Hezbollah commanders among the 37 people Lebanese officials reported killed.

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Israel’s military spokesman, Daniel Hagari, said the strike had killed Ibrahim Aqil, a prominent Hezbollah leader.

Israel has launched air strikes in Lebanon and is restricting gatherings in the city of Haifa and other northern areas as it continues to attack targets linked to Hezbollah. Dozens of fighter jets started "extensively" striking southern Lebanon "following detection of Hezbollah preparing to fire toward Israeli territory",

Hezbollah launched missiles into northern Israel on Saturday evening in response to Israeli strikes on Lebanon over the past few days. The IDF posted a photo on X around 6 p.m. EST with a map of areas in northern Israel where sirens were going off,

Israel has launched its most intense airstrikes on Lebanon since the start of the Gaza war almost a year ago. The raids, launched by Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft late on Thursday, and centered upon southern Lebanon and Beirut,