MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. The Israeli army has launched offensive operations against military formations of the Shia group Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel Defense Forces Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir announced.

TASS has compiled the main information about the situation.

- In the early morning hours of March 2, northern Israel came under fire from Lebanon.

- Hezbollah claimed responsibility, stating that the projectiles fired at Israeli territory were in response to the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

- Following this, the Israeli Air Force began launching massive strikes on Lebanese territory.