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The Middle East crisis is deepening as the Israeli military and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah launched attacks against each other on Sunday.
The Guardian reports that Israel’s military said it carried out further attacks against Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon. This happened hours after it announced a pre-emptive strike against the Lebanese group.
The military said, “In the last hour, the IDF struck Hezbollah launchers in several areas in southern Lebanon to remove threats.”
After the Israeli attack, the Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, convened an emergency meeting of the security committee during which he stressed that he is “\holding a series of contacts with Lebanon’s friends to stop the escalation.”
Israeli president Isaac Herzog said the Israeli army’s strikes against Hezbollah in the morning were launched because of Israel’s “right and duty to defend itself and its citizens.”
The Israel Defense Force said The decisive action we witnessed early this morning epitomizes Israel’s right and duty to defend itself and its citizens against the threat of terrorism.”
