Israel declares 48-hour emergency after response of Hezbollah

JERUSALEM: Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced a 48-hour nationwide state of emergency from Sunday morning, after the Israeli military launched what it called pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon .

Israel’s military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a bigger attack, and Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday.

“The declaration on the state of emergency enables the IDF (Israeli military) to issue instructions to the citizens of Israel...