A series of intense 2024 airstrikes in Lebanon marked a major escalation in regional conflict

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A series of intense 2024 airstrikes in Lebanon marked a major escalation in regional conflict

The landscape of Middle Eastern geopolitics shifted dramatically in 2024 when a massive wave of airstrikes in Lebanon resulted in the deadliest day the country had seen in nearly two decades.

On September 23, 2024, the long-standing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah reached a boiling point with a series of intense aerial bombardments across Lebanon. These strikes targeted over a thousand locations, resulting in more than 490 fatalities and displacing tens of thousands of civilians in just twenty-four hours.

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