Israeli Air Force attacks more than 150 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
On the morning of September 23, Israeli warplanes attacked more than 150 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
According to RIA Novosti, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that on the morning of September 23, its air force attacked more than 150 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
Earlier, also on September 23, the Israeli Army called on Lebanese people to leave areas where the Hezbollah movement operates, and warned that Israel would soon conduct "wide-scale precision strikes" against Hezbollah targets across Lebanon.
"We ask residents of villages in Lebanon to pay attention and follow the warning messages issued by the Israeli army," an IDF spokesman said at a press conference on September 23.
In the message, the IDF also called on residents of Lebanese villages located in and next to buildings and areas used by Hezbollah for military purposes, such as those used to store weapons, to immediately move out of the danger zone for their own safety.
On Hezbollah's side, Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem, the second highest-ranking official of the armed group in Lebanon, said that Hezbollah is launching "unrestricted war" against Israel, after a large-scale raid on enemy territory.
Tensions have been escalating rapidly on the border between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon in recent days. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres fears Lebanon could become "a second Gaza" as Israel and Hezbollah continue to fight.
