Israel’s military mobilizes additional reserve soldiers as tensions escalate with Lebanon
An Israeli soldier carries a shell next to a tank in northern Israel on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Original Publication Date: September 28, 2024 12:17AM
Publication Updated: April 12, 2025 12:44AM
BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said they were mobilizing additional reserve soldiers as tensions escalate with Lebanon.
The military said on Saturday morning they were activating three battalions of reserve soldiers, after earlier sending two battalions to northern Israel earlier in the week to train for a possible ground invasion.
On Saturday morning, the Israeli military carried out several strikes in southern Beirut and eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
On Saturday, Hezbollah launched dozens of projectiles across northern and central Israel and the Israel-occupied West Bank.
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Rescuers gather as smoke rises from a collapsed building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Flames rise after an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Lebanese citizens watch smoke rise from Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)A wounded man sits in an ambulance at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Rescuers arrive near the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Rescuers arrive near the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Smoke and fire rise following an Israeli airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Israeli soldiers work on tanks in northern Israel on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
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