Deep Dive — Explosions and walkie-talkies have killed and wounded Hezbollah operatives, airstrikes have eliminated top commanders, and hundreds of aerial strikes have destroyed missile launch sites belonging to the militant group. Within a week, Israel had dealt a punitive blow to Hezbollah, the Iranian-funded Shiite army that controls southern Lebanon, and had regularly bombed Israel’s northern border since October 7, when Hamas attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip. I did it.
Israeli airstrikes hit hundreds of targets, including medium-range rockets, cruise missiles, drones and destroying a workshop where Hezbollah was said to have added precision guidance systems to its own missiles. Exploding pagers and radios killed at least 37 people, most of them Hezbollah members, and seriously injured about 300 Hezbollah officials and the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon. Ministry of Health said. Israel claimed One airstrike killed 10 Hezbollah commanders, including the leader of the Radwan unit, Hezbollah’s special forces unit.
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