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...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects....'s government, accusing Hezbollah of plotting to restore its Radwan force's ground incursion capabilities.
The Lebanese government is ''responsible for upholding the (ceasefire) agreement,'' Katz said.
''We will strike at every terrorist and thwart any threat to the residents of the north and the State of Israel, and we will respond with maximum force against any attempt (by Hezbollah) to restore itself," he threatened.
Media reports said hills near the eastern city of Baalbek were targeted by a wave of 15 airstrikes.
12 said killed as Israel hits elite Hezbollah force deep inside Lebanon
[IsraelTimes] Military says targets in northeastern Beqaa Valley include Radwan unit facilities, where military activity was taking place in ‘blatant violation’ of November ceasefire
Israeli jets carried out a wave of
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aimed at stopping an elite Hezbollah unit from regrouping and rebuilding its strength, authorities said Tuesday.
Lebanese state media reported that 12 people were killed.
"Enemy warplanes launched raids on the Wadi Fara area in the northern Beqaa Valley, one of which targeted a camp for displaced Syrians, resulting in the deaths of 12 deaders, including seven Syrians, and eight maimed," the country’s state-run National News Agency reported.
The strikes in Lebanon’s northeastern Beqaa Valley were aimed at military facilities belonging to the Hezbollah terror group’s Radwan force, where operatives and weapon depots had been detected, the Israel Defense Forces said.
"The military camps that were targeted are used by the Hezbollah terror organization for training and preparing gunnies for the planning and execution of terror operations against IDF forces and the State of Israel," the military said in a statement.
The weapons stored at the sites and Hezbollah’s activity "constitute a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon, and pose a future threat to the State of Israel," the statement added.
Israel has carried out dozens of strikes in southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah operatives and arms since reaching a ceasefire with the group in November following several weeks of intense fighting, while attacks deeper inside Lebanon are less common.
There was no immediate comment from the Lebanese government about Tuesday’s strikes, though the official National News Agency reported that "enemy warplanes launched a raid" southeast of Baalbek, the main city in the region.
The rugged Beqaa Valley is seen as a stronghold for Hezbollah, and had been considered a key conduit for smuggling weapons into Lebanon via Syria before Hezbollah ally Bashir
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On Sunday, the IDF said Israeli troops had raided military facilities of the deposed Syrian regime last week, seizing some three tons of weapons. It indicated that the arms had been intended to be smuggled into Lebanon.
According to Israel, the Radwan force had in recent years planned to carry out a large-scale invasion of northern Israel, but was forced to shelve the scheme after Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...attacked southern Israel from Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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on October 7, 2023, plunging the region into war.
A day after the attack, Hezbollah began firing rockets, drones, and anti-tank missiles at northern Israeli communities, carrying out attacks on a near-daily basis in solidarity with Hamas.
The rocket fire displaced some 60,000 residents of northern Israel. In a bid to ensure their safe return, Israel stepped up operations in Lebanon in September, leading to two months of open warfare with Hezbollah in which the terror group’s leadership and arsenal were decimated.