{"id":2330585,"date":"2024-08-25T09:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T13:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-and-hezbollah-exchange-rocket-fire-as-tension-in-the-region-continues-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-25T09:47:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T13:47:57","slug":"israel-and-hezbollah-exchange-rocket-fire-as-tension-in-the-region-continues-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-and-hezbollah-exchange-rocket-fire-as-tension-in-the-region-continues-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel and Hezbollah exchange rocket fire as tension in the region continues &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-and-hezbollah-exchange-rocket-fire-as-tension-in-the-region-continues-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2330585&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-retaliation-against-israel-could-come-soon-with-little-notice-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Iranian retaliation against Israel \u2018could come soon\u2019 with little notice - Washington Examiner\">article discusses escalating tensions<\/a> between Israel and Hezbollah, \u2063marked by exchanges of rocket fire.\u2064 Israel claims it acted in self-defense by targeting Hezbollah military positions\u200c in anticipation \u200dof an \u2064impending attack from \u200cthe \u2062Lebanese group. This heightened alert comes after\u200c Israel&#8217;s\u200b recent\u2064 operations that resulted in the \u200ddeaths of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr and a Hamas leader in Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin\u2064 Netanyahu stated that the \u2062Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were\u2062 acting to neutralize threats, asserting \u200cthat they had intercepted numerous rockets aimed at northern \u2062Israel, and would continue to \u2062take decisive defensive and\u200b offensive actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Israel and Hezbollah exchange rocket fire as tension in the region continues<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1736971\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Israel<\/a> said it acted in self-defense Sunday when it fired at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Hezbollah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-militants-fire-missiles-into-israel-as-middle-east-crisis-heightens\/\" title=\"Gaza Militants Fire Missiles Into Israel As Middle East Crisis Heightens\">military targets<\/a> ahead of an expected attack from the group, which is based in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Middle East\">Middle East<\/a>, and Israel specifically, has been on high alert since the Jewish State took out Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in a strike on Beirut last month, along with the killing of a Hamas leader in Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that the Israeli Defense Force had taken action against perceived preparation for an attack by Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This morning we identified Hezbollah preparations to attack Israel. In consensus with the Defense Minister and the IDF Chief-of-Staff, we directed the IDF initiate action to eliminate the threat,&rdquo; Netanyahu said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since then, the IDF has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-permanently-bans-president-trumps-account\/\" title=\"Twitter permanently bans President Trump\u2019s account\">taking strong action<\/a> to foil the threats. It has eliminated thousands of rockets that were aimed at northern Israel. It is thwarting many other threats and is taking very strong action &ndash; both defensively and offensively,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF said it had taken out various military targets in a Sunday morning post on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Approx. 100 IAF fighter jets struck and eliminated thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels, aimed for immediate fire toward northern and central Israel. More than 40 Hezbollah launch areas were struck,&rdquo; the IDF <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IDF\/status\/1827583647211278535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah said that its rocket fire on Sunday was going after&nbsp;&ldquo;a qualitative Israeli military target that will be announced later,&rdquo; according to the Associated Press, but also stated it had ended its military operation for the day later on Sunday. The outlet reports that the exchange of fire had ended by mid-morning and that a larger conflict appeared to have been averted. Three fighters were killed in Lebanon in the exchange, per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exchange of fire on Sunday comes as Israel is still months into war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza, with the terrorist group still holding Israeli hostages it took when it attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Talks for a ceasefire and exchange of the hostages have not produced lasting results so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1736971\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1736971\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel and Hezbollah engaged in rocket exchanges as regional tensions escalate. On Sunday, Israel claimed it acted in self-defense by targeting Hezbollah military sites in anticipation of an imminent attack from the Lebanese group. The situation has been tense since Israel eliminated Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in a strike on Beirut last month, alongside the killing of a Hamas leader in Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) took action against what they perceived as preparations for a Hezbollah assault. &#8220;This morning we identified preparations by Hezbollah to attack Israel. In agreement with the Defense Minister and IDF Chief-of-Staff, we ordered the IDF to take action to neutralize this threat,&#8221; Netanyahu explained on Sunday. He added that the IDF has been actively working to counter threats, having destroyed thousands of rockets aimed at northern Israel through both defensive and offensive measures.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, the IDF reported that approximately 100 Israeli Air Force fighter jets targeted various military installations early Sunday morning, destroying numerous rocket launchers intended for immediate strikes on northern and central Israel. They confirmed hitting over 40 launch sites belonging to Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah responded by stating its rocket fire was directed at &#8220;a significant Israeli military target&#8221; which would be disclosed later but later announced it had concluded its military operations for the day. Reports indicate that by mid-morning, hostilities had ceased without escalating into a larger conflict; however, three fighters were killed during these exchanges.<\/p>\n<p>This incident occurs while Israel remains engaged in an ongoing war against Hamas militants in Gaza following their attack on October 7, 2023, during which they captured several Israeli hostages. Efforts toward achieving a ceasefire and negotiating hostage exchanges have yet to yield lasting outcomes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2330586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/israel-hezbollah-exchange-fire-aug-25.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[24658,4671,39215,16686],"class_list":["post-2330585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hezbollah","tag-israel","tag-rocket-fire","tag-tension"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/israel-hezbollah-exchange-fire-aug-25.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}