Soaring, Israeli Air Strike Death Toll On Lebanese Hezbollah Reaches 182 People

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JAKARTA - Israel's attack on hundreds of targets of Hezbollah killed 182 people. This attack became the deadliest day in Lebanon in nearly a year of Israeli-related conflict.

After the toughest cross-border shootout since the conflict broke out, Israel warned its citizens to evacuate areas that they thought were weapons storage sites.

After nearly a year of fighting against Hamas in Gaza on its southern border, Israel shifted its focus to the northern border, where Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in support of its ally, Hamas.

The Israeli military on Monday, September 23, targeted Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, the east Bekaa valley and northern region near Syria in its most extensive attack.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel faced "difficult days" as they stepped up attacks on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and called on Israel to remain united as the campaign took place.

"I promise that we will change the balance of security, the balance of strength in the north that's what we did," he said in a message after an assessment of the situation at military headquarters in Tel Aviv.

Earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the move would continue.

"Until we reach our goal of returning the northern population safely to their homes," he added.

Lebanese Health Ministry said 182 people were killed, including women, children and medics, and 727 people were injured in an Israeli attack on Monday.

Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee said in X more than 300 Hezbollah targets had been attacked so far after previous warnings of airstrikes were imminent against homes in Lebanon where Hezbollah was hiding weapons.