Though the Gaza-ruling terrorist organization had been putting out messages of so-called flexibility, they took a gamble with their attack on Kerem Shalom.
For almost seven months the Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist group has carried out thousands of attacks on Israel.
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In their message, the group claimed that they targeted an Israeli military position with a salvo of missiles from southern Lebanon.
The IDF said it struck terrorist infrastructure used by Hezbollah in Srebbine, as well as in Markaba on Saturday night.
A Khan Yunis launching site was attacked where rockets were fired at the IDF throughout the war and had the potential for further rocket launches at Israeli forces.
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IDF fighter jets attacked additional Hezbollah targets in the Yaroun area of southern Lebanon at the time of the targeted strike on the Hezbollah commander.
The attacks came one day after a huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups.
"On October 7, as Israelis mobilized spontaneously to save Israel, we realized what we were willing to die for, and thus what we want to live for," writes the author.