"Residents of Beirut were awoken by the sounds of about a dozen blasts at 3am on Monday, as Israel struck three different locations in the southern suburbs of the capital. The explosions rocked windows around the capital city and were heard from miles away. People in southern Lebanon heard warplanes and bombs being dropped as airstrikes were carried out over wide swathes of the south of the country, collapsing buildings in the villages near Tyre, southern Lebanon."
"Hezbollah said in a statement that it had launched a barrage of missiles and drones at the Mishmar al-Karmel missile defence facility near Haifa, around midnight, in retaliation for the killing of Khameinei and in defence of Lebanon and its people. Israel responded just a few hours later, hitting what it described as Hezbollah targets across south Lebanon, the Bekaa valley and the Beirut suburb of Dahieh."
"Hezbollah opened a campaign against Israel overnight and is fully responsible for any escalation. Any enemy that threatens our security will pay a heavy price, the chief of the Israeli military Lt Gen Eyal Zamir said in a statement."
Israel launched intensive airstrikes on Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut and southern Lebanon early Monday morning, striking three locations in the capital and multiple areas across the south. The strikes followed Hezbollah's overnight barrage of missiles and drones targeting the Mishmar al-Karmel missile defense facility near Haifa, which Hezbollah stated was retaliation for Khamenei's death and defense of Lebanon. Israeli military claimed the strikes killed senior Hezbollah officers and stated the group bears full responsibility for escalation. Israel deployed 100,000 reservists along the Lebanese border and issued evacuation orders for 55 villages and towns, instructing residents to maintain 1,000-meter distances from Hezbollah facilities. Residents fled the affected areas by vehicle and on foot.
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