Israel, Beirut and Hezbollah
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Hezbollah prepares guerrilla warfare tactics in south Lebanon as Israel launches airstrikes against Beirut strongholds, with expert predicting Israeli ground invasion.
Israeli strike hits Hezbollah-aligned media building in Beirut's southern suburbs following an evacuation warning.
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon are driving thousands of families to flee again, and some longtime Hezbollah supporters are now openly blaming the group.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday accused Hezbollah of working to "collapse" the state and expressed Beirut's readiness for "direct negotiations" with Israel, drawing the backing of his Syrian counterpart for his goal of disarming the Iran-backed group.
Hezbollah launched around 100 rockets from Lebanon toward northern Israel, triggering air raid sirens across Haifa, the Galilee and the Golan Heights. Meanwhile, Israeli forces carried out strikes in Beirut.
Those killed included officials tied to IRGC and Hezbollah financing and intelligence networks.
Lebanon's Hezbollah warned Israeli residents to evacuate towns within 5km of the border between the countries in a message posted on its Telegram channel in Hebrew early on Friday (March 6).Hezbollah's message came less than a day after Israel warned residents to leave Beirut's southern suburbs,
The airstrikes came without warning. Residents of Beirut were jolted awake in the early hours of Monday morning to