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Timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)

8 October – 23 November 2023 Initial clashes following October 7 Hamas attack (beginning 8 October 2023) 24 November 2023 – 1 January 2024 First ceasefire (24 November 2023 – 30 November 2023) Clashes resume (1 December 2023) 2 January – 31 March 2024 Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri (2 January 2024) 1 April – 26 July 2024 Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus (1 April 2024) 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel (13 April 2024) 27 July 2024 – 16 September 2024 Majdal Shams attack (27 July 2024) Assassination of Fuad Shukr (30 July 2024) Nabatieh attack (17 August 2024) Israeli and Hezbollah strikes (25 August 2024) 17 September 2024 – present Explosions of Hezbollah pagers and walkie talkies (17–18 September 2024) September 2024 strikes (23 September 2024 - ) Assassination of Hassan Nasrallah (27 September 2024)

This timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict covers the period from 17 September 2024, when Hezbollah pagers exploded throughout Lebanon and Syria to present.

Major events during this period:

• 17 September: Hours after the Security Cabinet of Israel declares a new war aim of returning residents of the north of Israel to their homes, Hezbollah pagers explode throughout Lebanon and Syria, killing 12 and injuring 2,750. Civilians were killed, and many civilians injured.
• 18 September: Hezbollah walkie-talkies explode in the second wave of device explosions. 30 people are killed, with civilians being injured and some potentially killed.
• 23 September: Israel targets Lebanon with mass airstrikes, killing at least 558 people. Israel struck residential areas, giving only hours of notice for residents of Southern Lebanon to evacuate. Roads were jammed with people fleeing, in some cases using both directions of roads to escape, with a road in Sidon having a 10 lane wide traffic jam of vehicles being used to escape the airstrikes. Many civilians have been killed. This was the deadliest day of conflict in Lebanon since the Lebanese Civil War.

A full-scale war is now seen as "inevitable" by some, following the electronics explosions and airstrikes.

September

17 September

• The Shin Bet said that it foiled a Hezbollah attempt to assassinate an unnamed former Israeli security official using a claymore mine.
• Israel announced that halting Hezbollah attacks to allow its citizens to return to the north was now an official war goal.
• Six Hezbollah members were killed by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, including three in an attack on a building in Blida.
• Several drones from Lebanon were intercepted or struck open areas after crossing into the Upper Galilee.
• At least 12 people were killed and more than 2,750 others including Hezbollah members and civilians were injured across Lebanon and Syria following multiple explosions blamed on pagers. Among those injured was the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani.
• Hezbollah announced that 12 of its members were killed by Israeli attacks.

18 September

• Hezbollah walkie-talkies exploded in several parts of Lebanon, including Beirut, the Beqaa Valley, and the south. At least 27 were killed, while 708 others were injured. Hezbollah announced that 20 of its members were killed during the walkie-talkie explosions.
• Hezbollah claimed rocket attacks against Israeli artillery positions.
• At least two armored UNIFIL vehicles patrolling in Tyre came under attack by a group of men with stones.
• The IDF's 98th Paratroopers Division was deployed to northern Israel after months of combat in Gaza.
• Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced the beginning of a "new phase in the war" and stated that Israel's focus moved to the north.
• Over 40 rockets were fired by Hezbollah into northern Israel and the Golan Heights, including ten at Mount Hermon in the evening.
• The IAF struck buildings housing Hezbollah militants in Jibbain and rocket launchers and buildings in Halta, Kafr Kila, Odaisseh and Chamaa.

19 September

• Hezbollah fired at least two anti-tank missiles at Ramim Ridge, killing a soldier from the Golani Brigade's 51st Battalion and wounding eight others at a border post. A Hezbollah drone attack in Ya'ara also killed an Israeli reserve commander and wounded another soldier.
• Several drones struck Beit Hillel and Kiryat Shmona, causing fires.
• The IAF conducted overnight strikes against Hezbollah buildings in Chihine, Taybeh, Blida, Meiss Ej Jabal Aitaroun and Kafr Kila and a weapons depot in Khiam.
• The IDF announced that it began carrying out airstrikes aimed at destroying Hezbollah's capabilities. Over 70 airstrikes were conducted targeting around 100 rocket launchers, 1,000 rockets, and other infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
• Israeli fighter jets broke the sound barrier and shot flares over Beirut.
• Two Hezbollah militants were killed by Israeli forces and a third escaped after attempting to infiltrate the border and plant an explosive at the Al-Abbad outpost.
• Several rockets damaged at least 50 houses in Metula and caused fires. A woman was slightly injured from burns caused by the attack.

20 September

• Hezbollah fired a total of 170 rockets at Israel, including around 120 rockets at the Golan Heights, Safed, and Upper Galilee and 20 rockets at Meron and Netu'a. Several fires were caused, including at a playground in Safed.
• Israel launched an airstrike on Dahieh, Beirut targeting Hezbollah’s operations commander Ibrahim Aqil. At least 45 people were killed including three children, while 68 others including five children were injured and 23 people were buried under the rubble. Aqil, Ahmad Mahmoud Wahabi (another member of the Redwan Force's top command) and nearly a dozen other senior commanders were among the 16 Hezbollah members killed.
• An Israeli airstrike on a vehicle near Damascus International Airport killed a senior commander of Kata'ib Hezbollah.
• Israel carried out a drone strike on a Hezbollah member entering a building in Kafr Kila.
• The IAF struck Hezbollah buildings in Aitaroun, Kafr Kila, Meiss Ej Jabal, Taybeh, Odaisseh and Yaroun.
• Hezbollah said that it fired two barrages of Katyusha rockets at an Israeli intelligence headquarters in northern Israel.

21 September

• Hezbollah fired 90 rockets at Kiryat Shmona, Safed, and other communities, igniting fires across northern Israel. A home in Keitiya and Highway 89 near Safed were directly struck. Hezbollah announced that it targeted 11 IDF positions.
• The IAF struck 400 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon throughout the day. Targets included thousands of rocket launchers and infrastructure.
• The IDF claimed to have "almost completely dismantled" Hezbollah's military chain of command.
• Hezbollah announced the death of two of its members.
• The IDF imposed restrictions on gatherings in parts of northern Israel and the Golan Heights.

22 September

• Hezbollah fired 150 rockets into Israel in the early morning targeting the Haifa area and Jezreel Valley. Six people were injured, including three people in Kiryat Bialik, and one person was killed in a car crash reportedly caused by panic from the barrage. Several buildings and houses were damaged. Hezbollah said it targeted the Ramat David Airbase in its furthest attack in Israel since the conflict began.
• The IAF carried out 60 airstrikes in southern Lebanon, killing three people, including at least two Hezbollah members, and injuring two others.
• Hezbollah launched explosive drones at two IDF positions in northern Israel.
• An IDF officer was slightly injured in a Hezbollah anti-tank missile strike in Ramim Ridge.

23 September

• The IDF urged citizens near Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon and some of Beirut to evacuate. UNIFIL also told its employees in the region to move north of the Litani River.
• The IDF conducted over 1,600 strikes in Lebanon, killing at least 558 people and injuring more than 1,835 others including children, women and paramedics according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
• Hezbollah fired about 240 rockets into Israel, the West Bank, and Golan Heights, injuring five people. It first fired 35 rockets into northern Israel targeting IDF bases and warehouses, lightly injuring a man in the Lower Galilee. It later fired around 80 rockets, targeting several locations including Ariel and Karnei Shomron in the occupied West Bank and Haifa. The group targeted IDF bases and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems facilities.
• Ali Karaki, the commander of Hezbollah's Southern Front, was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. Hezbollah said that he survived the attack.
• The US said that it would send additional personnel to the Middle East due to heightening tensions.
• A Hamas field commander was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.
• Two Palestinian civilians were injured and significant damage was caused by a Hezbollah rocket attack in Deir Istiya.

24 September

• Hezbollah said that it launched six strikes targeting Israeli airbases and an explosives factory.
• The IDF said that it struck Hezbollah launchers used to launch missiles targeting Megiddo Airfield and dozens of other Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
• Hezbollah claimed to have struck the logistical warehouses of the 146th Division in the Ramot Naftali IDF base using missiles and Kiryat Shmona with rockets.
• Hezbollah fired around 110 rockets at northern Israel throughout the day, targeting the Upper Galilee and south of Haifa. Heavy damage was inflicted on buildings and a cemetery in Kiryat Shmona. A reservist was injured by shrapnel in the Mount Carmel area. The IDF said that about 10 projectiles were launched from Lebanon to the HaAmakim area.
• The IDF carried out a targeted strike killing the commander of Hezbollah's rocket unit in Beirut Ibrahim Qubaisi and five others and injuring 15 people.