Hezbollah: 'First Phase' of Response to Shukr's Killing Complete

SCREENSHOT - 16 August 2024, Lebanon, ---: An image from the "Imad 4" video, issued by Hezbollah military media, shows an underground facility in Lebanon that appears to be used to store and launch precision missiles. Photo: -/Hezbollah Military Media via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
SCREENSHOT - 16 August 2024, Lebanon, ---: An image from the "Imad 4" video, issued by Hezbollah military media, shows an underground facility in Lebanon that appears to be used to store and launch precision missiles. Photo: -/Hezbollah Military Media via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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Hezbollah: 'First Phase' of Response to Shukr's Killing Complete

SCREENSHOT - 16 August 2024, Lebanon, ---: An image from the "Imad 4" video, issued by Hezbollah military media, shows an underground facility in Lebanon that appears to be used to store and launch precision missiles. Photo: -/Hezbollah Military Media via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
SCREENSHOT - 16 August 2024, Lebanon, ---: An image from the "Imad 4" video, issued by Hezbollah military media, shows an underground facility in Lebanon that appears to be used to store and launch precision missiles. Photo: -/Hezbollah Military Media via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones against Israel on Sunday in retaliation for the assassination of Fouad Shukr, a senior commander in Beirut last month, the group said.

Hezbollah said it had launched more than 320 Katyusha rockets towards Israel and hit 11 military targets. It said the barrage had completed "the first phase" of its response to the assassination of Shukr in Beirut’s southern suburbs but that the full response would take "some time.”

Israeli jets hit targets in Lebanon shortly before the strikes as the military assessed that Hezbollah was preparing to begin the barrage, the military said.



40,405 Palestinians Killed in Israel's Military Offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7

Palestinians inspect damage in Hamad City, following an Israeli raid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 24, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Palestinians inspect damage in Hamad City, following an Israeli raid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 24, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
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40,405 Palestinians Killed in Israel's Military Offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7

Palestinians inspect damage in Hamad City, following an Israeli raid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 24, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Palestinians inspect damage in Hamad City, following an Israeli raid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 24, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

At least 40,405 Palestinians have been killed and 93,468 others injured in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, said the Gaza Health Ministry, Reuters reported.

In the last 24-hours, 71 were killed and 112 were injured in what the ministry called three massacres by Israel in the strip.

The recent war in Gaza started after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.

Israel says it goes out of its way to avoid civilian casualties and accuses Hamas of using human shields, an allegation the group denies.