Israeli military spox, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, announced restrictions on gatherings from the northern city of Haifa up to the border with Lebanon. The statement has come in anticipation of retaliation for an Israeli strike on Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon.

The IDF attacked Hezbollah military targets in southern Lebanon. Thousands of the terrorists' rocket launchers, which they were planning to fire at Israeli territory, were destroyed. This was reported by the spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, Daniel Hagari.

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 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,

Whatever the motive, the sabotage of Hezbollah comms devices will come with a response; the question is how big it will be