An Israeli airstrike reduces a nine-story apartment building in Beirut’s southern suburb to a large mound of rubble. A man covered in dust flails lifelessly in the arms of a plainclothes rescuer. A corpse in a body bag is whizzed past parked ambulances on the back of a quad bike.

This wasn’t just an isolated strike; it was a meticulously planned operation carried out by Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, in collaboration with the Israeli military. The operation’s success lies in its ability to target Hezbollah’s communication network—one of its most guarded assets.

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",