Israel struck targets along Lebanon’s southern border on Thursday as the leader of the Hizbollah militant group said the Jewish state had crossed “all red lines” with this week’s mass detonations of communication devices.
Hizbollah has blamed the explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies across Lebanon, which killed 32 people and injured thousands, on Israel. Many of the devices belonged to members of the Lebanese group, with the attacks dealing a stinging blow to Hizbollah and raising fears of a full-blown war.
“There is no doubt that we have been subjected to a major security and military blow that is unprecedented in the history of the resistance and unprecedented in the history of Lebanon,” Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech.