Israel-Hezbollah War: On one hand, condolence meetings were going on in Israel on the anniversary of the October 7 attack, while on the other hand its army was fighting a war. On Monday, Israel responded to 130 rocket attacks by Hezbollah and targeted about 120 locations in Lebanon with 100 of its fighter planes. These planes continued dropping bombs for about an hour.
IDF gave this information
In view of this, an IDF spokesperson issued a warning to Lebanese citizens to avoid being on beaches or on boats south of the Awali River until further notice.
The IDF also announced on Monday that it had declared a new closed military zone in northern Israel. This is the fourth closed military zone since the start of Israeli ground operations in Lebanon, which extends eastward from the Mediterranean Sea.
Giving information about the air strikes, the IDF said in a statement, 'Our aircraft carried out strikes targeting various Hezbollah units. Which includes regional units of the Southern Front, Radwan forces, missile and rocket forces and intelligence units.
Israel bombed Hezbollah
According to the IDF, the aim behind the attacks was to destroy Hezbollah's command and control and firing capabilities. The IDF also said that Israel carried out these attacks to destroy Hezbollah's command and control and firing capabilities. These airstrikes were also aimed at helping troops involved in Israeli ground operations achieve their objectives.
On one hand, condolence meetings were going on in Israel on the anniversary of the October 7 attack, on the other hand, its army was fighting on many fronts. Israel expanded its ground operations into Lebanon and the IDF's 3rd Division also joined the battle.
More than 130 rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel
Despite Israel's increasing military action, Hezbollah fired more than 130 rockets a day on Monday. Most of these rockets were fired at Haifa, Israel's third largest city.
As evening fell, a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis from Yemen was shot down in the air by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system. The Israeli military said Iron Dome intercepted and destroyed some rockets fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon, while others fell in vacant areas.