Intense Israeli Shelling Precedes the Ground invasion into Southern Lebanon

Smoke rises from a village in southern Lebanon as it is attacked by Israeli forces as seen at an undisclosed location in Northern Israel near the border with southern Lebanon on October 1, 2024. Israel says it is a US-backed "limited ground operation" to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure inside southern Lebanon so Hezbollah is unable to mount an October 7-style cross border attack on northern Israel. Photo by Jim Hollander/UPI