Israel Pounds Hezbollah: Strikes 1,300+ Targets Killing Hundreds, Destroying Thousands Of Missiles

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) significantly escalated their strikes against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon on Monday, striking well over a thousand targets that present a serious threat to Israel.

The strikes against Hezbollah have rapidly increased over the last week as Israeli leaders push to return tens of thousands to their homes in northern Israel after they were displaced following Hezbollah attacks after Hamas’ October 7 attacks last year.

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the Israeli Air Force has hit more than 1,300 Hezbollah targets so far today and is still launching new strikes that are continuing to target “cruise missiles that can reach hundreds of kilometers, heavy rockets with a 1,000-kilogram warhead, medium-range rockets that reach a range of up to 200 kilometers, short-range rockets, and armed unmanned aerial vehicles.”

More than 490 people, estimated to be mostly terrorists, were killed in the airstrikes on Monday with more than 1,600 sustaining injuries, according to the latest statistics released by the Lebanese government.

Secondary explosions were seen at many of the sites that the IDF targeted, indicating the presence of rockets and missiles that were detonating.

Shocking scenes in Lebanon as the IDF bombs the house of a local fireworks enthusiast. Just look at his collection of Catherine wheels, Roman candles and bottle rockets going off.

Well, either that or Hezbollah are hiding arms caches in civilian houses. Hard to say. pic.twitter.com/sl0obPvwBE

— Andrew Fox (@Mr_Andrew_Fox) September 23, 2024

What appears to be another Hezbollah ammunition depot in Sidon has been identified and struck by the Israeli military. pic.twitter.com/wol1FP4nLV

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) September 23, 2024

It continues. #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/CoxuyfaV4i

— FJ (@Natsecjeff) September 23, 2024

Looks like the Israelis identified and destroyed a Hezbollah ammunition depot. You can hear and see what may be a rocket burning off following the strike. pic.twitter.com/ZXvZMCXYBp

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) September 23, 2024

A close view of an Israeli airstrike targeting a Hezbollah site in Lebanon about an hour ago. pic.twitter.com/ylmjHPu0Tw

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) September 23, 2024

Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah positions reported in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley. pic.twitter.com/kwL9aQ1RrW

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) September 23, 2024

Significant Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah positions in Lebanon a short time ago. pic.twitter.com/cFHDZCieoR

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) September 23, 2024

Mainland Lebanon pic.twitter.com/b2Wex0YkoH

— FJ (@Natsecjeff) September 23, 2024

The IDF said in a statement on social media that it was carrying out the strikes because “over a million Israeli civilians are running to bomb shelters in Haifa as Hezbollah indiscriminately fires rockets.”

🚨Over a million Israeli civilians are running to bomb shelters in Haifa as Hezbollah indiscriminately fires rockets.

This is why we are operating against Hezbollah who is continuously attacking our civilians.

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 23, 2024

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that in the last day, the IDF has “crush[ed] what Hezbollah has built over twenty years.”

“[Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan] Nasrallah remains isolated at the top, entire units in the Radwan force have been taken out of action, and tens of thousands of rockets have been destroyed,” he added.

A senior Israeli official told a local news station: “What Hezbollah hasn’t understood through force, it will understand through more force.”

Israel wounded thousands of Hezbollah fighters last week by detonating pagers on Tuesday and detonating walkie talkies on Wednesday that it secretly made and sold to the terrorist group — devices that it laced with explosives. Hundreds of terrorists remain in critical condition and dozens more were killed.

On Friday, the IDF killed the entire senior command of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force in an airstrike in a southern Beirut neighborhood, including Ibrahim Aqil, the Head of Hezbollah’s Operations Unit and the Commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces, who was also in charge of Hezbollah’s “Conquer the Galilee” attack plan.

The IDF followed up the elimination of the Radwan force’s senior command with an intense wave of airstrikes on Saturday, hitting nearly 300 targets “including thousands of launcher barrels, alongside additional terrorist infrastructure in multiple areas in southern Lebanon.”

Biden Will Take A Break From Near-Constant Vacationing To Join ‘The View’

President Joe Biden will make a rare appearance on ABC’s “The View” on Wednesday, according to an announcement made during Monday’s broadcast of the midday talk show, breaking up what has seemed to be a nearly endless string of vacations.

Regular host Whoopi Goldberg delivered the news at the start of Monday’s show, prompting laughs as she lowered her voice and declared, “I have a historic announcement.”

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BREAKING: In a "historic announcement," Whoopi Goldberg says that President Biden will be Wednesday's guest on The View. pic.twitter.com/85X3eV8Viz

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“This Wednesday, we are honored to have the sitting President of the United States, Joe Biden, will be live on ‘The View’ with us!” she said. “Because — let us not forget, that he is still President of the United States of America.”

The network then cut to a preview of the Biden appearance: “President Joe Biden, his four years in the White House. His impact. His legacy. His future. In a Wednesday exclusive, President Joe Biden in his first interview since the Harris-Trump debate, live on ABC’s ‘The View.'”

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Biden has not been seen in his official capacity on more than a handful of occasions since he exited the 2024 presidential race in late July — while still isolating with his most recent bout with COVID. Since then, he has spent several long weekends at his beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, in addition to traveling to California and New York. In between, he has stepped out occasionally to stump for Vice President Harris or to attend to official duties.

Even those few appearances have continued to raise questions about Biden’s cognitive decline, however. In one such instance, he raised eyebrows when he told a reporter that he would “do 9/11” — meaning that he planned to attend the memorials — after traveling to New York for a birthday party. Critics also came out in force after it appeared that first lady Jill Biden was actually the one at the helm during a recent Cabinet meeting.