Israel steps up attacks across Gaza, Hezbollah responds “unprecedented”

According to Reutersthis is the deepest attack on Israeli territory since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out in Gaza last year.

The Israeli military announced that it had intercepted two “air targets” off the country’s northern coast.

Hezbollah claimed the attack was launched in retaliation for an earlier Israeli raid that left one of their fighters dead.

In response, the Israeli military said its fighter jets attacked military targets in Ayta ash Shab and Blida, as well as in the Markaba area of ​​southern Lebanon.

Lebanese News Agency NNA On April 23, it was announced that at least two people, including an 11-year-old boy, died in the town of Hanin in South Lebanon after Israeli air strikes.

Hezbollah said in a statement that it launched dozens of Katyusha rockets toward the Israeli settlement of Margaliot on the evening of April 23 (local time) in retaliation for the Hanin attack.

Since October 2023, Israeli attacks have killed about 270 Hezbollah members, while Hezbollah missiles and UAVs have killed dozens of Israeli soldiers.

According to ReutersIsrael stepped up attacks across Gaza on April 23, in the context that the country’s army announced a new evacuation order for the northern territories of Gaza, an area they described as a “zone of terror”. dangerous fighting”.

Airplane and tank attacks were also reported in parts of central and southern Gaza. People in the area confirmed on the evening of April 23 that Israel’s “bombardment campaign” took place continuously for nearly 24 hours.

In a post on social networks XIsraeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee urged residents in four areas of Beit Lahiya City on the northern edge of Gaza to evacuate to two designated areas.

In a statement later the same day, the Israeli military said it “complied with international law and acted carefully to minimize civilian damage.”