Missiles rain down on Lebanon

ISRAEL: THOUSANDS’ OF HEZBOLLAH ROCKETS GONE

→ Strikes were meant 'to remove the threats'.

Israel launched air strikes into Lebanon yesterday, saying that it had thwarted a large-scale Hezbollah attack, while the Lebanese group said it had carried out its own raids to avenge a top commander's killing.

The Israeli military said its fighter jets had destroyed "thousands" of Hezbollah rocket launchers "aimed toward northern Israel and some were aimed toward central Israel", far from the border.

Hezbollah, the powerful Iran-backed Lebanese armed group countered that Israel was making "empty claims" of having thwarted a larger attack, and said its own operation for yesterday "was completed and accomplished".