IDF Strikes Hezbollah Sites in Southern Lebanon as 28 Die in 3 Days
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 8
IDF Strikes Hezbollah Sites in Southern Lebanon as 28 Die in 3 Days
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 8
Summary
At least 28 people have been killed and 79 wounded in southern Lebanon since Saturday as Israeli strikes intensified, deepening fears of a wider offensive before Israel’s election next month.
The IDF said it hit several Hezbollah infrastructure sites, including a weapons storage facility, and struck militants transferring weapons near Kfar Reman after Hezbollah launched drone attacks.
The clashes are straining a U.S.-brokered ceasefire in place since June, under which Lebanon was to disarm Hezbollah and Israel was to withdraw gradually from the south.
Israel instead says it will stay in its security zone until Hezbollah is disarmed, after seizing the strategic Ali Taher ridge last week and expanding its buffer zone.
Lebanon’s president has urged U.S. intervention as displacement grows, with analysts warning the current imbalance is unsustainable and could jeopardize broader U.S.-Iran diplomacy.