Israel launches fresh airstrikes before ‘imminent’ ground invasion of Lebanon as the world holds its breath --[Reported by Umva mag]

ISRAEL has launched fresh airstrikes on Beirut ahead of its imminent ground invasion of Lebanon. The world is holding its breath as the IDF fires artillery across the border tonight and masses tanks and soldiers nearby. EPAIsraeli artillery shells hit areas near villages in southern Lebanon tonight[/caption] EPAIsrael is poised to invade their northern neighbour[/caption] ReutersSmoke rises over Beirut’s southern suburbs after strikes[/caption] APAn Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell from northern Israel towards Lebanon[/caption] GettyIsraeli tanks and APC’s gather by the Israel–Lebanese border today[/caption] AFPHezbollah’s deputy chief Naim Qassem today said the terror group is ‘ready’ for war[/caption] Local media reported eight blasts hit the city with one clip showing a massive explosion near the airport as a reported ammo store blew up. Photos show the artillery fragmenting and raining down on the Lebanese capital in bright orange colours. An invasion is thought to be just hours away with the IDF barring civilians from going near one part of the frontier. The UK has charted a commercial flight to help British nationals and their families flee the country – that will take off on Wednesday. The febrile atmosphere comes as Lebanese troops have pulled back five kilometres inside their own country, Reuters reports. The move appeared to indicate that Lebanon was stepping aside to allow the showdown between the arch-enemies to begin. Israel is seeking to wipe out terror group Hezbollah’s positions with the “imminent” invasion, a US official who spoke to Reuters said. While CBS News reported that the invasion could happen “within hours”. Parts of southern Lebanon are already said to have been shelled by tank and artillery fire, Haaretz reported. Lebanese sources reported last night that Israeli artillery had ramped up shelling barrages in the towns of Khiam Plain,Aita al-Shaab and Wazzani in southern Lebanon. One top Israeli politician who has been involved with wartime decision-making posted a prayer on X for Israeli soldiers. Aryeh Deri said: “The Holy One, blessed be He, will protect and save our soldiers from every trouble and distress and from every blight and disease and will send blessing and success in every work of their hands.” UK Foreign Minister David Lammy spoke to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tonight with both calling for an immediate ceasefire. But their calls have fallen on deaf ears with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking today to deliver a chillingly warning that there’s “nowhere in the Middle East that Israel cannot reach”. X/ @netanyahuNetanyahu has threatened Iran and its proxies as it is poised to invade Lebanon[/caption] The country’s Defence Minister also told troops: “We will use all the means that may be required – your forces, other forces, from the air, from the sea, and on land. Good luck.” Israel told the US government its invasion is focused on destroying Hezbollah infrastructure on the Lebanese side of the border, the State Department said. The IDF’s special operations troops have already carried out raids in southern Lebanon ahead of the possible invasion. The probing missions by special forces teams were ordered as thousands of Israeli reservists were drafted to join a new ground war across the northern frontier. An Israeli official today told the Telegraph: “They [elite troops] are targeting key sites which have been built across the border zone.” Hezbollah tunnels located along the border have been stormed as Israel seeks to hamstring the Iranian-proxy force. One goal of a potential invasion is for Israel to remove Hezbollah’s positions that currently sit along the border, the Times of Israel have reported. Hezbollah’s deputy chief Naim Qassem today insisted the terror group is ready for any Israeli ground offensive. Qassem said: “We will not budge an inch from our position in supporting Gaza and Palestine and defending Lebanon and its people. APIsraeli shelling hit an area in Beirut[/caption] Dan CharityIsrael has moved tanks to the border over the past few days[/caption] “We know that the battle is long and the options are open to us, and we are ready for the enemy to enter by land, as the resistance forces are ready for the ground encounter.” Qassem spoke after two weeks of intensive airstrikes had wiped out Hezbollah’s leadership in a string of assassinations, including its leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday night. Israel has also today continued its ruthless drive to decapitate terror groups with more assassinations after the deaths of Hamas’ boss in Lebanon and Hezbollah’s chief. Three key leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) have now been killed by a suspecte

Oct 4, 2024 - 17:38

Israel launches fresh airstrikes before ‘imminent’ ground invasion of Lebanon as the world holds its breath --[Reported by Umva mag]

ISRAEL has launched fresh airstrikes on Beirut ahead of its imminent ground invasion of Lebanon.

The world is holding its breath as the IDF fires artillery across the border tonight and masses tanks and soldiers nearby.

a fireworks display is lit up in the night sky

Israeli artillery shells hit areas near villages in southern Lebanon tonight[/caption]

Israel is poised to invade their northern neighbour[/caption]

a city at night with a fire in the distance

Smoke rises over Beirut’s southern suburbs after strikes[/caption]

a cannon is being fired at night with smoke coming out of it

An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell from northern Israel towards Lebanon[/caption]

a group of soldiers standing in front of a bunch of military vehicles

Israeli tanks and APC’s gather by the Israel–Lebanese border today[/caption]

a man with a beard wearing a white turban

Hezbollah’s deputy chief Naim Qassem today said the terror group is ‘ready’ for war[/caption]

Local media reported eight blasts hit the city with one clip showing a massive explosion near the airport as a reported ammo store blew up.

Photos show the artillery fragmenting and raining down on the Lebanese capital in bright orange colours.

An invasion is thought to be just hours away with the IDF barring civilians from going near one part of the frontier.

The UK has charted a commercial flight to help British nationals and their families flee the country – that will take off on Wednesday.

The febrile atmosphere comes as Lebanese troops have pulled back five kilometres inside their own country, Reuters reports.

The move appeared to indicate that Lebanon was stepping aside to allow the showdown between the arch-enemies to begin.

Israel is seeking to wipe out terror group Hezbollah’s positions with the “imminent” invasion, a US official who spoke to Reuters said.

While CBS News reported that the invasion could happen “within hours”.

Parts of southern Lebanon are already said to have been shelled by tank and artillery fire, Haaretz reported.

Lebanese sources reported last night that Israeli artillery had ramped up shelling barrages in the towns of Khiam Plain,
Aita al-Shaab and Wazzani in southern Lebanon.

One top Israeli politician who has been involved with wartime decision-making posted a prayer on X for Israeli soldiers.

Aryeh Deri said: “The Holy One, blessed be He, will protect and save our soldiers from every trouble and distress and from every blight and disease and will send blessing and success in every work of their hands.”

UK Foreign Minister David Lammy spoke to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tonight with both calling for an immediate ceasefire.

But their calls have fallen on deaf ears with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking today to deliver a chillingly warning that there’s “nowhere in the Middle East that Israel cannot reach”.

a man in a suit and tie says there is nowhere in the middle east

Netanyahu has threatened Iran and its proxies as it is poised to invade Lebanon[/caption] a map of lebanon with the words on the brink at the top

The country’s Defence Minister also told troops: “We will use all the means that may be required – your forces, other forces, from the air, from the sea, and on land. Good luck.”

Israel told the US government its invasion is focused on destroying Hezbollah infrastructure on the Lebanese side of the border, the State Department said.

The IDF’s special operations troops have already carried out raids in southern Lebanon ahead of the possible invasion.

The probing missions by special forces teams were ordered as thousands of Israeli reservists were drafted to join a new ground war across the northern frontier.

An Israeli official today told the Telegraph: “They [elite troops] are targeting key sites which have been built across the border zone.”

Hezbollah tunnels located along the border have been stormed as Israel seeks to hamstring the Iranian-proxy force.

One goal of a potential invasion is for Israel to remove Hezbollah’s positions that currently sit along the border, the Times of Israel have reported.

Hezbollah’s deputy chief Naim Qassem today insisted the terror group is ready for any Israeli ground offensive.

Qassem said: “We will not budge an inch from our position in supporting Gaza and Palestine and defending Lebanon and its people.

a rocket is being launched into the night sky

Israeli shelling hit an area in Beirut[/caption]

a row of military tanks with one that has the letter v on it

Israel has moved tanks to the border over the past few days[/caption]

“We know that the battle is long and the options are open to us, and we are ready for the enemy to enter by land, as the resistance forces are ready for the ground encounter.”

Qassem spoke after two weeks of intensive airstrikes had wiped out Hezbollah’s leadership in a string of assassinations, including its leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday night.

Israel has also today continued its ruthless drive to decapitate terror groups with more assassinations after the deaths of Hamas’ boss in Lebanon and Hezbollah’s chief.

Three key leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) have now been killed by a suspected precision drone strike on an apartment block in Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Israel has been gearing up for the ground offensive over the past few weeks as it shifted to a “new phase” in its war.

It added a new war goal earlier this month vowing to return all evacuated citizens in the north of the country back to their homes.

Hezbollah rockets fired across the border since October 7 have killed nearly 30 civilians and 20 soldiers and forced another 80,000 Israelis to leave their homes.

In Lebanon, an Israeli air campaign over the past weeks in preparation for the attack has caused one million people to be displaced and hundreds killed by the airstrikes.

One ex-Mossad spy previously told The Sun Israel would create a “no-go” buffer “death zone” in the south of Lebanon where nobody would live.

UK and US officials have urged their citizens to escape the country as soon as possible.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said just days ago: “But it is important that we be really, really clear: now is the time to leave.”

Moment Yemen oil tanks explode in huge fireball

Footage shows a gigantic fireball shoot into the sky after IDF jets hit the fuel while it was being stored at a port in Yemen yesterday.

The fireball dissipates into black smoke in the sky but a massive blaze continues to burn at the port and secondary strikes erupt.

Four have been reportedly killed and 33 injured, local media said.

The strikes extends Israel’s bombing campaign which has hammered Lebanon over the last two weeks killing thousands.

The IDF said fighter jets, refuel planes, and spy planes took part in the operation that hit the targets 1,800km from Israel.

Israel’s strikes are a retaliation against the militants after they launched rockets at Israel over the past few days.

One of those was targeted at Ben Gurion Airport as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from New York.

That missile was shot down outside Israel’s borders, the IDF said, and Netanyahu’s plane had landed 35 minutes before sirens sounded.

a fighter jet is taking off from a runway at night

Israeli fighter jets have pounded locations used by Hezbollah, including civilian homes[/caption]

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