The strikes have reignited fears of a regional war. Photo: AFP
Israeli fighter jets have carried out their deepest airstrikes in Lebanon, reigniting fears of regional war.
The series of deadly strikes amid months of cross-border violence came after Hezbollah rockets killed a woman in a northern Israeli town , which had not previously been subject to daily border clashes.
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Emergency services said one woman was killed and eight others were injured as a result of 20 rockets fired at the city of Safed and other areas in the north.
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Safed, which lies 13 kilometers from the Lebanese border and is home to an important IDF base, was largely unscathed by gunfire between Israel and Hezbollah following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. The city has not received evacuation orders, unlike some areas of northern Israel.
Benny Gantz (pictured) said on Wednesday Lebanese The government «also bears responsibility» for the attack and has vowed to respond «with force.» The Hezbollah leader vowed to continue firing rockets until the war in Gaza ends.
Iran has previously praised Hezbollah's «resistance» to Israel but insisted it has no control over the actions of its allies.
The Israel Defense Forces responded Wednesday afternoon with attacks on a dozen villages deep in southern Lebanon, including some 25 kilometers from the border, a departure from previous tactics of only targeting Hezbollah targets close to the border.
By At least four people, including a woman and her two children, were killed and 11 wounded in Israeli airstrikes on two cities in the south of the country, according to Lebanese Civil Defense.
The Lebanese government “also bears responsibility”
Benny Gantz, an opposition leader turned member of the coalition government, said Wednesday that the Lebanese government was “also responsible” for the attack and vowed to respond “with force.”
Wednesday's attack has emboldened local officials and right-wing politicians to renew calls for the Israeli government to launch an offensive against Hezbollah to stop the attacks.
Moshe Davidovich, head of the regional council in northern Israel, said news site Walla that Israel must “wake up to the threat.”
, this is war,» he said on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter .</p><p>Channel 12 reported that Mr Ben Gvir had demanded an urgent meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, to discuss the outbreak in the north.</p><p>Shuki Ohana, the mayor of Safed, complained on Wednesday that the city was not included in evacuation order, although he raised the issue, the issue has been discussed again with the government in recent weeks.</p><p>“We are in a dangerous area where strategic installations are located,” he told Kan Radio, apparently referring to the Israeli military base in the area.</p><p>Schools are not fortified</p><p>He said many local schools are not fortified, and that a local kindergarten teacher had to take her children outside this morning and tell them to lie down on the sidewalk.</p><p> “When a kindergarten teacher can't protect her children, that's not normal. «, — he said. .</p><p>Hezbollah head Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised statement on Tuesday that his group will stop fighting only if a complete ceasefire is achieved in the Gaza Strip.</p><p><iframe id='d000cf0e-4d1d-4adb-9cc3-d9ea490efa24' src='https://cf-particle-html.eip.telegraph.co.uk/d000cf0e-4d1d-4adb-9cc3-d9ea490efa24.html?direct=true&id=d000cf0e-4d1d-4adb-9cc3-d9ea490efa24&# 39; class=' tmg-particle autoplay-video wrp-d000cf0e-4d1d-4adb-9cc3-d9ea490efa24' title='Iron Dome in action during Hezbollah missile attack on Israel' data-business-type='editorial' loading='eager' scroll='no 'frameborder='0' style='width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border: none; position: static; display: block; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;'></iframe></p><p>“The day the shooting stops in Gaza, we will stop shooting in the south,” he said.</p><p>Cross-border shelling has already killed more than 200 people in Lebanon, including more than 170 Hezbollah fighters, as well as about a dozen Israeli troops and some Israeli civilians.</p><p>It has also displaced tens of thousands of people in border areas. each country.</p></div><div class=)
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