BY NAMITA SINGH AND TOM WATLING

 

BEIRUT, 01 Oct. - (ANA) - Israel is engaged in “intense fighting” with Hezbollah inside southern Lebanon after sending troops across the border as part of a major assault, the military have said.

 

Israel announced overnight that it had launched “targeted” raids on Hezbollah positions on the border with southern Lebanon, controlled by Hezbollah.

 

A lieutenant commanding Israel’s Egoz unit  reportedly told troops before going in that their operation was part of a “more substantial invasion” intended to halt Hezbollah’s ability to attack the northern territories across the border.

 

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Makati said today this is “one of the most dangerous phases” in the country’s history.

 

"We urgently call for more aid to reinforce our ongoing efforts to provide basic support to displaced civilians," he said at a UN meeting hours after the Israeli incursion.

 

It comes as Hezbollah missiles targeted the headquarters of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency and the Glilot military base in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.

 

Hezbollah used its new missile, the Fadi 4, in the attack. It is unclear whether the strikes landed any damage or whether any casualties were reported.

 

 

 

 

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More than 10,000 people in the Gaza Strip still need medical evacuation while more than 41,000 people have been killed in last 12 months of war, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East spokesperson Louise Wateridge told a briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.  - (ANA) -

 

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