Massacre by Iran's terror proxy Hezbollah could lead to full-blown war in Mideast

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JERUSALEM - Israel and the Iranian regime-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah are expected to go head-to-head in what the Jewish state’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz termed "an all-out war."

The tipping point for Israel’s decision to fight back, with what U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon said "will be swift, harsh and painful," was Hezbollah’s Saturday rocket attack on a soccer field that was packed with children, resulting in the mass murder of 12 children in the Israeli Druze town of Majdal Shams.

The IDF announced a dramatic strike into the heart of Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut on Tuesday evening. In a statement on X the Israelis said, "The IDF carried out a targeted strike in Beirut, on the commander responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and the killing of numerous additional Israeli civilians. At the moment, there are no changes in the Home Front Command defensive guidelines. If any changes will be made, an update will be released."

Earlier on Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday that its air force "struck approximately 10 Hezbollah terror targets in seven different areas in southern Lebanon. In addition, in aerial and ground strikes, the IDF eliminated a Hezbollah terrorist in the area of Bayt Lif, and struck a Hezbollah weapons storage facility, terror infrastructure sites, military structures, and a launcher in