António Guterres said that there is an “age of impunity everywhere” and said that the global community must “prevent Lebanon from becoming another Gaza.”

The strike came less than 24 hours after the attempted assassination of Hezbollah’s No. 3 terrorist commander, Ali Karaki, in the same area.

Israel’s government has approved the declaration of a “special emergency situation” countrywide.

Hundreds of launchers comprising thousands of launcher barrels have been destroyed in successive waves of Israeli strikes on Hezbollah’s rocket infrastructure.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah “remains alone at the top,” said Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

“Out of an abundance of caution, we are sending a small number of additional U.S. military personnel forward to augment our forces that are already in the region,” the Pentagon said.

IAF fighter jets carried out a “targeted strike” in Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut.

The IDF warned civilians in South Lebanon to leave homes used by the Iranian-backed terror organization.

The Israeli premier reportedly made the remark to lawmakers during a closed meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.