Israel has stepped up efforts to assassinate Hezbollah’s top leaders in recent weeks as part of a campaign to compel the Iranian-backed militant group to stop firing rockets and drones at Israel. For nearly a year, Hezbollah has been attacking Israel in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza, displacing tens of thousands of Israelis from border communities.

Israeli News Anchor Lital Shemesh says Israel is “taking down” powerful leaders in Hezbollah. Israel has evacuated an area more than three kilometres from the border with Lebanon - claiming the key war aim is to return more than 80,

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed the Hezbollah terrorist group “cannot stand alone” against Israel after the Jewish state launched its heaviest airstrikes in Lebanon since 2006. Pezeshkian,