https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-22-2024/

Hezbollah fires 85 rockets at Haifa area, at least three wounded in Kiryat Bialik
Hezbollah says attack an initial response to pager blasts * Salvos at Jezreel Valley downed
* IDF updates restrictions for northern Israel, cancels educational activities
The military says that some of the rockets were intercepted, while some impacted Kiryat Bialik, near Haifa, and Moreshet, a community in the Lower Galilee.

A rocket impact in Kiryat Bialik injured three people and caused damage.

Hezbollah claimed to have targeted a Rafael defense firm facility in the Haifa area.
Hezbollah takes responsibility for the rocket fire on the Krayot area near Haifa this morning, claiming to have targeted a facility belonging to the Rafael defense firm.

The Lebanese terror group says the rocket fire was “an initial response” to the pager blasts in Lebanon last week, which killed more than 30 members of the terror group and wounded thousands of others.

The blasts were attributed to Israel, which has not commented.



Pro-Iran groups in Iraq claim drone attack at Israel
By AFP

An Iraqi coalition of pro-Iran armed groups claim a drone attack at Israel.

Earlier, the IDF said it had intercepted “multiple suspicious aerial targets” coming from Iraq overnight.

“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance of Iraq targeted on Sunday morning a strategic location in the occupied territories using drones,” says the Iraqi coalition in a statement on Telegram, referring to Israel, and adding it was carried out “in support of our people in Gaza.”


MDA says the 3 people wounded in Kiryat Bialik were hit by shrapnel, being taken to hospital
By Emanuel Fabian
Medics at the scene of a rocket impact n the Krayot area of northern Israel on September 22, 2024 (Magen David Adom)

The Magen David Adom ambulance service says three people are wounded by shrapnel following a rocket impact in Kiryat Bialik, near Haifa.

The victims include a man in his 70s in moderate condition, and another man in his 70s and a 16-year-old girl who are lightly hurt.

They are being taken to Rambam Hospital in Haifa, MDA adds.

Assessment of the number of deaths on the Israeli and Lebanese sides over the past year.

Briefly:
– Israel: 53 people (including 25 military personnel and 28 civilians);
– Lebanon: 658 people (including about 500 Hez and 150 civilians, the rest are pro-Shiite paramilitaries).

Casualties and losses

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/22/middleeast/israel-strikes-hezbollah-weakened-...

Emergency personnel work at a site of houses damaged following a rocket attack from Lebanon,
amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Kiryat Bialik, Israel, September 22, 2024.

Shir Torem/Reuters

Israel has not stopped attacking Beirut since 1948.

The US has no influence over Israel or any other entity in the conflict.

Israel has threatened annihilation of Lebanon.

If it happens it will be done with US complicity, US munitions, and US weapons, and US money.

Israel could not exist without financial support and weapons from the USA.

https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-09-23-24-intl-h...


What we're covering

    Hezbollah has fired multiple rocket barrages into northern Israel, a day after Israeli airstrikes targeting the militant group in Lebanon killed nearly 500 people and wounded 1,600 others — the deadliest day in the country in nearly two decades.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the people of Lebanon to leave the areas where Israel is targeting Hezbollah, and that his country is not at war with them, but with the Iran-backed group. People are fleeing their homes after receiving automated calls, text messages and broadcasts urging them to evacuate.

    Israel and Hezbollah have been stuck in tit-for-tat escalation since the war in Gaza began. But over the past week, Israel’s escalated attacks on the group have again heightened fears of a wider regional war.

    The Israeli military said it is preparing for its “next phases” following the strikes and did not rule out the possibility of a ground invasion. Hezbollah has said “a battle without limits” was underway. Iran, too, has warned Israel of “dangerous consequences” following Israel’s strikes.

Bobby. wrote on Sep 24^th, 2024 at 3:07pm:


Looking at it objectively, they're ALL terrorists.

All are murdering bastards deliberately targeting children.

Chief of the General Staff of Israel, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevy, announced that the IDF launched a "preemptive offensive operation" this morning.

In recent days, Israel has been striking southern Lebanon and the capital Beirut.

Halevy said that the operation's goal is the infrastructure of the Shiite group Hezbollah. "In essence, we are targeting the combat infrastructure that Hezbollah has been building for the past 20 years. This is very important. We are striking targets and preparing for the next stages, which I will talk about shortly," he said.

The Chief of Staff stressed that the goal of the military operation is "to create conditions for the return of residents of the north [of Israel] to their homes."

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By Emanuel Fabian

Another 10 rockets were launched from Lebanon at the Galilee Panhandle an hour ago.

According to the IDF, the rockets struck open areas.

More than 100 rockets have been launched by Hezbollah at northern Israel by noon today.