According to the sources, the strike was aimed at an object in the southern suburb of Dahiya, which is a stronghold of the Shiite movement supported by Iran. Karakí is the head of Hezbollah’s southern command and is responsible for the military activity of the movement’s armed wing in southern Lebanon. At the same time, he is a member of the highest military command of Hezbollah, wrote The Times of Israel website.
The strike was carried out by the army after a day of intensive bombing of the south of Lebanon. It hit around 800 targets associated with Hezbollah. The leadership of the army claims that the attacks were carried out “on the basis of accurate intelligence” and that among the targets were also buildings hiding rockets, launchers and drones of Hezbollah, writes the Sky News website.
“The IDF is attacking to eliminate threats to Israeli civilians and degrade Hezbollah’s terrorist infrastructure and capabilities,” the Israeli military said in a statement. The army leadership claims that over 205 rockets have been fired at Israel since Monday morning.
Libabon said that 492 people died in Israeli airstrikes on Monday. According to the spokesman of the Israeli army, Daniel Hagari, there are many terrorists among the dead. The country will provide its own balance of victims.
Thousands of people left southern Lebanon and a traffic jam was created on the main highway from the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon in the direction of Beirut.
Israeli army spokesman Hagari, when asked whether Israel will undertake a ground operation in Lebanon, replied that Israel “will do everything necessary” to ensure the return of evacuated residents of the northern part of Israel to their homes.
