Posted on 10/11/24
| News Source: Arutz-7
On Friday, September 13, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered that the safe return of northern Israel's residents to their homes be added to the war's objectives. In the week that followed, dozens of Hezbollah terrorists were killed and thousands were maimed when their communication devices exploded. Israel did not claim responsibility for the explosions, but foreign media reported that the Mossad was behind them.
The following weekend, Hezbollah responded to the elimination of Radwan Force commander Ibrahim Aqil by expanding the range of fire and increasing rocket and UAV launches, targeting the lower Galilee, Haifa Bay, and Jezreel Valley areas. At the same time, the IDF increased its strikes on Hezbollah targets, striking buildings used to store long-range missiles. On Monday, IDF Chief of Staff Major General Herzi Halevi announced that the name of the operation in the northern arena is "Northern Arrows."
On Friday, September 27, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was eliminated in a large airstrike on a Hezbollah facility in Beirut.
Live Updates:
Friday, October 11:
3:27 p.m.: Sirens sounded in the Galilee panhandle.
3:02 p.m.: Sirens sounded in the upper and western Galilee.
2:22 p.m.: Sirens sounded in the upper Galilee.
1:59 p.m.: Sky News Arabia reported citing sources that senior Hezbollah official Wafiq Safa was severely wounded in an attempted elimination yesterday and his condition is considered critical.
Safa, Nasrallah's confidant and brother-in-law, was reportedly the target of a rare Israeli strike in western Beirut.
1:56 p.m.: Hezbollah still has a substantial stockpile of weapons, including its most powerful precision missiles which it has yet to use, Reuters reported citing four sources familiar with the terror group's operations.
12:50 p.m.: The IDF announced that an initial inquiry indicates that the civilians who were injured in the area of Yaroun earlier this morning were injured as a result of an explosion of a fallen munition in the area and not by an anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon as earlier reported.
10:48: a.m.: Sirens sounded in the Upper Galilee area, northern Israel.
10:35 a.m.: The IAF struck and eliminated the terrorist Araeb el Shoga, a commander in the Hezbollah Radwan Forces’ Anti-tank Missile Unit in the Area of Meiss El Jabal in southern Lebanon. El Araeb was responsible for numerous anti-tank missile attacks on the area of Ramot Naftali in northern Israel.
9:52 a.m.: A foreign worker was killed in an anti-tank missile attack in Kibbutz Yir'on.
9:44 a.m.: Sirens sounded in Zarit, northern Israel.
8:31 a.m.: Sirens sounded in the city of Akko and surrounding communities, northern Israel.
8:20 a.m.: Sirens sounded in Kiryat Shmona and Margaliot, northern Israel.
6:49 a.m.: Following the sirens that were heard in the Ashkelon area, Magen David Adom stated that so far no calls have been received about injuries except for cases of anxiety and of people who were injured on the way to shelter.
6:46 a.m.: Home Front Command: The incident in the Ashkelon area has concluded.
6:45 a.m.: IDF: Sirens sounded due to a hostile aircraft infiltration in the area of Lakhish, details are under review.
6:38 a.m.: Sirens warning of hostile aircraft infiltration sounded in Ashkelon.
6:37 a.m.: Sirens warning of hostile aircraft infiltration sounded in Be'er Ganim.
5:07 a.m.: The pro-Iranian militias in Iraq claimed early Friday morning that they attacked a vital target in Eilat with UAVs.
Thursday, October 10:
11:54 p.m.: Following the sirens that sounded at 11:34 p.m. in the areas of Metula and Kfar Giladi, it was determined to be a false identification, said the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
11:42 p.m.: As of 11:00 p.m., approximately 190 projectiles that were fired by the Hezbollah terrorist organization crossed from Lebanon into Israel on Thursday.
"The IDF will continue to defend the State of Israel and its people against the threat posed by the Hezbollah terrorist organization," said the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
11:34 p.m.: Sirens in Metula and the area.
11:10 p.m.: The Home Front Command said that the incident of a hostile aircraft infiltration in northern Israel has concluded.
10:59 p.m.: Aerial infiltration in Merom Golan.
9:42 p.m.: The IDF Arabic Language Spokesman Avichay Adraee issued a warning calling on the residents of the Dahieh suburb to evacuate.
"Urgent warning to the residents of the southern suburb of Haret Hreik, specifically in the buildings specified in the two maps and those adjacent to them: You are located near Hezbollah facilities and interests, and the IDF will act against them in the near future. For your safety and the safety of your family members, you must evacuate this building and the buildings adjacent to it immediately and stay away from it for a distance of no less than 500 meters," Adraee wrote.
9:04 p.m.: A short time ago, the IAF intercepted two UAVs that were traveling from the east.
The UAVs did not cross into Israeli airspace and sirens were not sounded.
8:51 p.m.: The IDF released a statement in which it addressed reports that it opened fire at a UNIFIL post in southern Lebanon.
"The Hezbollah terrorist organization operates from within and near civilian areas in southern Lebanon, including areas near UNIFIL posts.
"The IDF is operating in southern Lebanon and maintains routine communication with UNIFIL.
"This morning (Thursday), IDF troops operated in the area of Naqoura, next to a UNIFIL base. Accordingly, the IDF instructed the UN forces in the area to remain in protected spaces, following which the forces opened fire in the area."
8:35 p.m.: Al Araby Al Jadeed reported that a building collapsed in Beirut following an Israeli airstrike. Al Arabiya reported that the strike targeted facilities belonging to Hezbollah's Islamic Health Authority. According to reports the target of the strike was Wafiq Safa, Hezbollah's "Defense Minister" and Hassan Nasrallah's brother-in-law.
8:22 p.m.: IDF Chief of Staff LTG Herzi Halevi and the Head of the ISA, Ronen Bar, conducted a joint situational assessment with the forces fighting in southern Lebanon, along with the Commanding Officer of the Northern Command and the Commanding Officer of the 91st Division.