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Live Updates: Israel launches ‘limited’ ground invasion in south Lebanon

Rosaleen Carroll Adam Lucente
Rosaleen Carroll , Adam Lucente
Sep 27, 2024
ISRAEL - LEBANESE BORDER, UPPER GALILEE, - SEPTEMBER 30: Israeli tanks and APC's gather by the Israeli - Lebanese border on September 30, 2024. Amid Israel's escalating campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, speculation continues over a possible ground offensive. Last week, Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said Israel's recent airstrikes were designed to "prepare the ground for your possible entry and to continue degrading Hezbollah." (Photo by Erik Marmor/Getty Images)
ISRAEL - LEBANESE BORDER, UPPER GALILEE, - SEPTEMBER 30: Israeli tanks and APC's gather by the Israeli - Lebanese border on September 30, 2024. Amid Israel's escalating campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, speculation continues over a possible ground offensive. Last week, Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said Israel's recent airstrikes were designed to "prepare the ground for your possible entry and to continue degrading Hezbollah."

The Israel army announced in the early hours of Tuesday morning local time that it had begun a limited ground invasion in southern Lebanon, marking the first such Israeli operation in Lebanon in 18 years.

Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said in a statement that the army had launched “limited, localized and targeted ground raids" in southern Lebanon, adding that the operations are based on "precise intelligence on Hezbollah terrorist targets and infrastructure." As the situation escalated Monday, the Pentagon told reporters that the US will be sending additional reinforcements to the Middle East, including a "few thousand" troops, F-15E, F-16 and F-22 fighter jets, to enhance aerial defense capabilities for US troops in the region and Israel.

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb early on October 1, 2024. A Lebanese security official said Israel had conducted at least six strikes on south Beirut in the night from Monday to Tuesday, after Israel's army called on residents in the Hezbollah stronghold to evacuate. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP) (Photo by FADEL ITANI/AFP via Getty Images)
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburb early on October 1, 2024. FADEL ITANI/AFP via Getty Images)

More than 1,000 people have been killed and over 6,000 injured by Israeli strikes in Lebanon since Sept. 16, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Within Lebanon, 200,000 people are displaced, while over 100,000 people have fled to Syria.

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