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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
US official to CNN: Hezbollah has ‘probably been taken 20 years backwards’ by IDF strikes
Smoke billows from a site targeted by Israeli shelling in the southern Lebanese village of Zaita on September 23, 2024. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
US officials tell CNN that Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have significantly weakened the Hezbollah terror group, potentially setting the terror group back 20 years.
“They’ve probably been taken 20 years backwards,” an unnamed official says of the IDF operations against the Iran-backed terror group.
While the strikes appear to have significantly weakened the terror group, the US is still working to convince Israel not to further escalate, the outlet says.
