"Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorise the world," the Israeli military said in a statement, claiming to have killed the Hezbollah leader in strikes that shook the Lebanese capital.
Israel has fired rockets at Lebanon before then too. And before that repeatedly violated the airspace
2007 - Present
Until recently, the border had been relatively quiet. Occasional rockets or drones crossed from Lebanon into Israel without leading to serious escalation, while Israel violated Lebanese airspace more than 22,000 times from 2007 to 2022.
While the withdrawal was certified by the United Nations, Lebanon disputed it, arguing that the Shebaa Farms was part of its territory, and not part of the Syrian Golan Heights, which Israel continues to occupy.
So there are two separate issues here that lead to the current dispute: the first is that Israel occupies the Golan Heights and treats it as its own territory in violation of international law, and the second is that there was already a pre-existing disagreement between Syria and Lebanon over the border, prior to the Israeli occupation.
No, the first attacks came from Hezbollah, in solidarity with the Hamas attack. The first casualty was Israeli, thus starting the current cycle of escalation.
Even if you ignore the history and just act like it started after October 7th, or that Hezbollah should not care about Israel indiscriminately bombing Civilians in Gaza, Israel still drew first blood when it comes to Hezbollah
The initial strikes on the 8th were on bases and both had no causalities
The next day, Hezbollah fired at Israel in response to Israel killing 3 Hezbollah members from bombardment of Southern Lebanon
The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has fired a barrage of rockets into Israel after at least three of its members were killed during an Israeli bombardment of southern Lebanon amid soaring tensions on Israel’s northern border.
Hezbollah should not care about Israel indiscriminately bombing Civilians in Gaza
Lots of people around the world care about what is happening to civilians in Gaza. That doesn’t mean they want to kill Israelis.
If Hezbollah wants to show how much it cares by launching rockets at Israel, then it will find out how much Israel cares about being attacked by rockets.
Plans are not an act of war. China has plans to take Taiwan. The US has made detailed plans to attack everyone, even Canada, if necessary.
If Russia fired actual rockets at Lithuania, that’s an act of war and Lithuania would have a right to defend itself.
In this scenario they would have, at residential areas to get civilians to evacuate
Hezbollah started firing rockets at residential areas in Israel back in October. That’s an act of war.
Israel has fired rockets at Lebanon before then too. And before that repeatedly violated the airspace
2007 - Present
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/17/beyond-hezbollah-the-history-of-tensions-between-lebanon-and-israel
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Lebanese_conflict
No, the first attacks came from Hezbollah, in solidarity with the Hamas attack. The first casualty was Israeli, thus starting the current cycle of escalation.
Even if you ignore the history and just act like it started after October 7th, or that Hezbollah should not care about Israel indiscriminately bombing Civilians in Gaza, Israel still drew first blood when it comes to Hezbollah
The initial strikes on the 8th were on bases and both had no causalities
The next day, Hezbollah fired at Israel in response to Israel killing 3 Hezbollah members from bombardment of Southern Lebanon
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/9/hezbollah-fires-on-israel-after-several-members-killed-in-shelling
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/10/rockets-fired-from-southern-lebanon-towards-israel-as-gaza-is-bombed
Lots of people around the world care about what is happening to civilians in Gaza. That doesn’t mean they want to kill Israelis.
If Hezbollah wants to show how much it cares by launching rockets at Israel, then it will find out how much Israel cares about being attacked by rockets.