Both sides engage in significant escalation in conflict, prompted UN to say region is on ‘brink of imminent catastrophe’Hezbollah has said it has entered an “open-ended battle of reckoning” with Israel after launching a series of rocket attacks on the north of the country as world powers implored both sides to step back from the brink of all-out war.In a significant escalation of the conflict, Israeli warplanes carried out their most intense bombardment in almost a year across southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah responded with its deepest rocket attacks into Israel since the start of the Gaza war. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/hezbollah-enters-battle-of-reckoning-with-israel-as-world-powers-urge-restraint
Author : Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and William Christou in Beirut
Publish date : 2024-09-22 18:58:56
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Hezbollah ‘enters battle of reckoning’ with Israel as world powers urge restraint
