Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at northern Israel, targeting the Ramat David airbase. Missile defence over Nazareth. Suspicious flying objects intercepted over Iraq.

Former defense official says beeper attack joins other strikes that appear to be “softening up” the terrorist group ahead of future developments.

Israel surveys Western and especially Arab media reactions to the stunning pager attacks on Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

“We know that the enemy has superiority on the technological level because it has American and NATO support,” he said.

Thousands of terrorists were hit in the single greatest targeted attack on an Islamic terror group.

More than 450 Hezbollah operatives sustained wounds, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

“What’s important is where this leads. Is it another round in the ping-pong game between Israel and Hezbollah—and if so it is worthless—or a prelude to a more significant confrontation?”

Israel believes Hezbollah is preparing for a large-scale attack after thousands of its members were wounded and several killed when their pagers detonated.

The IDF declined to comment on the incident, which came just hours after the Israeli Cabinet added the return of citizens displaced from their homes in the north to the country’s war goals.