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Hezbollah chief says Israel implementing ‘Greater Israel’ plan with US help

Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem has delivered a speech in which he warned that Israel aims to achieve its expansionist aims in Lebanon and the region.

Qassem said Netanyahu’s government aimed to implement its “Greater Israel” project, pushing to incorporate the occupied West Bank, Gaza, and parts of neighboring countries like Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt.

The chief of the Lebanese armed group said its fighters were repelling an occupation at a time in which diplomacy has not yielded any outcomes, as Israel continues to strike Lebanon and invade its southern towns with American support.


First responders gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighbourhood in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane

Israeli strikes reported across southern Lebanon, Bekaa Valley

An Israeli drone strike hit the town of Tayr in the Sour district in the south, according to our colleagues on the ground.

Air strikes were also reported on Deir Antar in the Bint Jbeil district in southern Lebanon, as well as on Sahmar in the Bekaa region in the east.

Separately, Avichay Adraee, Israel’s Arabic spokesperson, said the Israeli air force attacked “approximately 150 targets affiliated with the terrorist Hezbollah party during the last 24 hours”.

He said the strikes targeted “rocket and drone launch platforms”, as well as “military buildings and hangars for launching anti-armor missiles”, and claimed that fighters attempting to carry out attacks had been “eliminated”. No evidence was provided to support the claims.