Israel has declared a 48-hour nationwide state of emergency following a barrage of rocket attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are taking pre-emptive strikes against targets in Lebanon to prevent further attacks and are urging civilians to move to safer areas. The US has pledged support for Israel’s right to defend itself and is monitoring the situation closely.
Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based group backed by Iran, launched a barrage of rockets at Israeli army positions in the occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday. The attack was in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon the previous day. This escalation follows a pattern of tit-for-tat attacks between Israel and Hezbollah.
Re-polling has been halted in Kohlu’s PB-9 constituency in Balochistan after one of the areas in the constituency was struck with rockets and landmine explosions on Wednesday. The voting process was disrupted due to safety concerns and the inability of staff to reach the polling stations. According to sources, a rocket was fired from an unknown direction near a polling station in the district’s Nasao area, while a landmine blast took place on Nasao road in the Sangyali area of Barkhan. A tribal leader’s car hit the landmine, but he remained safe. A political party worker was killed in a firing incident at an election camp on Tuesday. The re-polling was scheduled to take place from 8am to 4pm today, but has been postponed due to the attacks.
Despite Western warnings, Israel is preparing for a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Hamas militants continue to launch rocket attacks on Israeli civilians. The conflict has caused widespread devastation, with thousands of Palestinians killed or wounded and hundreds of thousands displaced. Local residents in the nearby Israeli community of Sderot remain under constant threat of rocket fire and have expressed their fear and frustration over the ongoing violence.
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, has increased its rocket attacks on Israeli targets in recent days. This escalation comes amid ongoing cross-border fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army since the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. On Tuesday, Hezbollah announced that two of its members were killed by Israeli fire, while the Israeli army claimed to have eliminated ‘significant’ members of the group in south Lebanon.
Hezbollah, supported by Iran, has launched dozens of rockets targeting an Israeli army headquarters in northern Israel. This retaliatory strike comes after Israel carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon. The exchange of attacks has escalated tensions in the Middle East, raising concerns that the conflict between Israel and Gaza could spread to other regional actors.
