Intense Israeli Shelling Precedes the Ground invasion into Southern Lebanon

An Israeli soldier holds his cell phone as he takes cover at a blast wall during a "red alert" missile attack from Lebanonat 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