Israel, September 26 (HBTV): The Israeli army has asked its soldiers to prepare for a ‘possible’ ground invasion of Lebanon, after the militant group Hezbollah claimed to have launched its biggest strike yet on Israel in response to airstrikes on Tuesday that killed more than 550 people in Lebanon.      

The war in Gaza looks set to take a deadly escalation with Israel and Hezbollah engaged in a constant battle since the past week. On Wednesday, Hezbollah launched dozens of projectiles, including a missile aimed at Israel's capital Tel Aviv, which marked the group's deepest strike since the Gaza war began on October 7, 2023. The attack came after Israel's biggest airstrikes claiming to target the group's weapon stores across south and eastern Lebanon.             

Earlier, thousands of pagers and radios exploded across Lebanon targeting Hezbollah members for which the Lebanese government blamed Israel's Mossad. Daily skirmishes and rocket attacks has become a constant feature across Israel's northern border with Lebanon, as the group said it was responding in solidarity with Palestinians surviving Israel's brutal military action in Gaza.           

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden warned of an “all-out” war. The opportunity is still in play to have a settlement that could fundamentally change the whole region." Simultaneously, efforts are underway at the United Nations to broker a temporary 21-day ceasefire to halt the hostilities.  

The White House has expressed support for this ceasefire proposal, with officials calling the situation "intolerable" and asserting that continued violence is "in nobody's interest, neither of the people of Israel nor of the people of Lebanon."