The Israeli Defense Forces launched the largest strike against Hezbollah since the outbreak of the current Middle East conflict.
Explosions were heard in Beirut and other cities across Lebanon.
Within ten minutes, the IDF simultaneously struck approximately 100 Hezbollah infrastructure targets across multiple regions inside Lebanon. Many of these targets were located in central residential areas. The Israeli Defense Forces emphasized that as long as Hezbollah continues to pose a threat to the Jewish state, the IDF will continue its strikes against it.
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1. Directly shattering ceasefire expectations
Despite the two-week ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran, and Hezbollah's suspension of attacks on Israel, Israel completely ignored the regional ceasefire atmosphere, continuing to unilaterally expand its military operations in Lebanon—clearly indicating that Israel refuses to include Lebanon within any ceasefire framework.
2. Significantly escalated intensity of strikes
Launching nearly 100 strikes within ten minutes represents a typical high-intensity, large-scale, synchronized air assault aimed at comprehensively crippling Hezbollah’s command, logistics, and weapons networks in one blow.
3. Sharply increased humanitarian risks
The IDF explicitly acknowledged that many targets were located in central residential areas, meaning the risk of civilian casualties is set to rise significantly.
4. Greatly heightened risk of regional escalation
Israel’s actions are likely to force Hezbollah to resume—or even escalate—retaliatory attacks, thereby reigniting involvement from Iran, the U.S., and other regional actors, putting the recently achieved U.S.-Iran ceasefire in serious jeopardy.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1861917366116352/
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