Israel sets sights on Lebanon’s Hezbollah sites after blowing up crucial bridges
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“Israel targets Iran-backed Hezbollah sites in Lebanon in fresh strikes”
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— Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon, between the state of Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. The war has killed more than 1,000 militants and civilians com…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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— The Islamic Republic of Iran is a key patron of the Lebanese Shia Islamist militia and political party Hezbollah.
Iranian support, including financial aid, deployment of Revolutionary Guards, and tra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Iran_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Iran_relations
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— An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
“Lebanon was drawn into the Iran war when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel to avenge the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei”
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
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— On 17 March 2026, Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, was assassinated in Tehran as part of a series of Israeli airstrikes aimed at high-ranking Iranian officials. Hi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ali_Larijani
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— Iran and Israel have been engaged in a proxy conflict since 1985. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian confli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_proxy_conflict
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Israel_proxy_conflict
“The Israeli military said on Saturday it had begun striking 'Hezbollah infrastructure' in Beirut after it destroyed a bridge in eastern Lebanon to prevent the Iran-backed group’s reinforcements from crossing”
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— Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon, between the state of Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. The war has killed more than 1,000 militants and civilians com…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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— A war between Israel and Hezbollah took place in Southern Lebanon during 2024 amid the Middle Eastern crisis. The war began on 1 October when Israel crossed the Blue Line in its sixth invasion of Leba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Israeli_invasion_of_Leban…
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— Hezbollah originated within the Shiite block of Lebanese society. According to the CIA World Factbook estimate in 2022, Shiites comprise 31.2 percent of Lebanon's population, predominating in three ar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hezbollah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hezbollah
“Local media reported two strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, a locality that has been a target of Israeli strikes in recent days as the military presses on with its ground invasion in the country’s south”
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“Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel to avenge the US-Israeli attack that killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei”
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— Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 after Iran-backed Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel to avenge the US-Israeli attack that killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3348961/…
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3348961/…
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— Lebanon was drawn into the West Asia war on March 2 when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel to avenge the US-Israeli attack that killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/israel-says-stri…
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/israel-says-stri…
“On Friday, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said a blast at one of its positions in the country’s south near the border wounded three peacekeepers, the third similar incident in days”
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