Israel is carrying out a massive campaign of airstrikes against Lebanon that has left more than 1,400 people dead, injured nearly 7,500 others and displaced more than a million, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
The bombing, which Israel says is targeting Hezbollah strongholds in the country, marks the world’s “most intense air campaign” outside the Gaza Strip in the past two decades, according to conflict monitoring group Airwars.
Over the course of two days, on September 24 and 25, the Israeli military claimed to have used 2,000 munitions and carried out 3,000 attacks.
By comparison, during most years of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, American forces carried out fewer than 3,000 attacks per year, with the exception of the first year of the invasion, when about 6,500 attacks were carried out, according to data Airwars analyzed. for the CNN .
Israel’s bombings, which it says are targeting Hezbollah strongholds in the country, mark the world’s “most intense air campaign” outside the Gaza Strip in the last two decades, Airwars highlighted.
Most of the fire exchanged between Israel and Hezbollah since the start of the war has come from Israeli strikes, drones, bombings and missiles on Lebanese territory, data from ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data), an organization that collects data on conflicts, shows. violent.
Israel has launched nearly 9,000 attacks against Lebanon since October 8, and Hezbollah has launched 1,500 attacks in the same period, according to ACLED data.
Understand the escalation in conflicts in the Middle East
Iran’s missile attack on Israel on the 1st marked a new stage in the regional conflict in the Middle East. On one side of the war is Israel, with support from the United States. On the other, the Axis of Resistance, which receives financial and military support from Iran and which has a series of paramilitary groups.
There are seven conflict fronts currently open: the Islamic Republic of Iran; Hamas, in the Gaza Strip; Hezbollah, in Lebanon; the Syrian government and the militias operating in the country; the Houthis, in Yemen; Shia groups in Iraq; and different militant organizations in the West Bank.
Israel has soldiers on three of these fronts: Lebanon, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the other four, it carries out aerial bombings.
The Israeli Army began a “limited ground operation” in Lebanon on September 30, days after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a bombing of the group’s headquarters in the Beirut suburb.
The Israel Defense Forces say they have killed virtually the entire Hezbollah chain of command in similar bombings carried out in recent weeks.
On September 23, Lebanon had its deadliest day since the 2006 war, with more than 500 fatalities.
At least two Brazilian teenagers died in the attacks. Itamaraty condemned the situation and called for an end to hostilities.
With the increase in hostilities, the Brazilian government announced an operation to repatriate Brazilians in Lebanon.
In the West Bank, the Israeli military is trying to dismantle groups opposed to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory.
In the Gaza Strip, Israel seeks to eradicate Hamas, responsible for the October 7 attack that left more than 1,200 people dead, according to information from the Israeli government. The Israeli operation killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar remains hidden in tunnels in the Gaza Strip, where dozens of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas are also believed to be in captivity.
This content was originally published in Israel carries out one of the most intense air offensives since US attacks in Afghanistan on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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