The Daily Populous Sunday August 4th, 2024 night edition
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Iran has warned that Hezbollah may hit "broader and deeper targets" in Israeli territory.

Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN said Hezbollah may not "restrict itself solely to military targets."

It comes in response to an Israeli strike on Beirut on Tuesday that killed a senior Hezbollah officer.

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Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN has said that Hezbollah will likely respond to Israel's assassination of one of its top military commanders by hitting "broader and deeper targets" in Israeli territory.

"Until now, Hezbollah and the regime have, in an unwritten understanding, practically adhered to certain limits in their military operations, meaning that confining their actions to border areas and shallow zones, targeting primarily military objectives," the mission said in a statement on Friday night, per Iranian state news.

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kytheon on August 3rd, 2024 at 14:05 UTC »

checks dictionary entry for terrorism

Honest-Fact449 on August 3rd, 2024 at 13:53 UTC »

So plan is to do terrorism

Ok-Ad5495 on August 3rd, 2024 at 13:23 UTC »

"Iran instructs Hezbollah to hit civilian targets in Israeli territory" is how I'm reading the headline.