[News] Israeli bombs rain down on south Lebanon after Hezbollah retaliation

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 Israeli bombs rain down on south Lebanon after Hezbollah retaliation

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is scheduled to speak on Sunday and
refute Israeli claims of a preemptive thwarting of the resistance operation

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

AUG 25, 2024 -
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Israel continued to pound the south of Lebanon with indiscriminate strikes
on 25 August, coming after the first phase of Hezbollah’s retaliatory
operation and the coinciding Israeli attacks on the Lebanese south.

Israeli warplanes struck areas between Markaba and Rab al-Thalatheen in
southern Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanon’s *National News Agency*
<https://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/justice-law/716719/%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A9>(NNA)
reported.

Jets also launched “violent raids” on Wadi Hamoul, east of Naqoura, and the
Tasheelat area, north of Alma al-Shaab and east of Tyre, with several
missiles, according to NNA.

Israeli warplanes also bombarded the outskirts of the town of Zebqin, Teir
Harfa, and Al-Jbeen.

Two people were killed in Al-Tayri earlier on Sunday morning, the Lebanese
Ministry of Health announced.

One person was also killed in the town of Khiam, and several others injured
in different areas of south Lebanon.

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced on 25 August an
emergency meeting
of ministers
<https://alahdath24.com/ar/politics/144599/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7>
to discuss the developments over the past hours.

Mikati “invited all ministers whose circumstances allowed them to attend
for further consultation,” NNA reported.

The prime minister said he is “conducting a series of contacts with
Lebanon's friends to stop the escalation," adding that “what is required is
to stop the Israeli aggression first, and implement Resolution 1701.”

He also confirmed "Lebanon's position in supporting international efforts
that could lead to a ceasefire in Gaza.”

Hezbollah launched a major drone and rocket attack
<https://thecradle.co/articles/hezbollah-carries-out-first-phase-of-retaliation-israel-imposes-strict-censorship>
at over 10 Israeli targets early on 25 August in what it called the “first
phase” of its response to the assassination of top military commander Fuad
Shukr in Beirut's southern suburb on 30 July.

An undisclosed “vital military target” in the Israeli depth was the main
objective of this operation, according to the Lebanese resistance.

The movement said it also fired hundreds of rockets at numerous sites in
the Galilee and Golan Heights, which served as a diversion to prevent
Israel's Iron Dome system from shooting down the attack drones.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military claimed it carried out pre-emptive strikes
that successfully thwarted a massive attack by Hezbollah, saying it
identified overnight preparations for a major attack.

The Lebanese resistance movement addressed Israel's announcements in one of
its statements, calling them “empty claims” that “contradict the facts on
the ground and will be refuted in a speech” by Secretary-General Hassan
Nasrallah.

Exclusive information cited by *Al Mayadeen*
<https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86--%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%AD%D8%B2%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B0-%D8%A8%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%B1%D8%BA%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7>
confirmed Hezbollah’s initial phase of retaliation was "was carried out
with the highest degree of precision and success," and targeted "deep
inside the occupying entity, not on its outskirts," despite the Israel
media blackout.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly ordered a ban on
press interviews with ministers of his Likud party.
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