JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP)— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday his country’s military “completely transformed reality” in the year since Hamas’s October 7 attack, which has left the country fighting two wars.

Netanyahu told troops Israel “will win” as it battles militants in both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon and prepares to strike Iran, almost exactly a year since the unprecedented attack by Palestinian Hamas militants sparked the Gaza war.

In late September Israel turned its focus north, intensifying military action against Iran-backed Hezbollah which had been sending rockets over the border from Lebanon in support of Hamas for nearly 12 months.

“A year ago, we suffered a terrible blow. Over the past 12 months, we have completely transformed reality,” Netanyahu told troops during a visit to the Lebanon border, his office said.

“The whole world admires the blows you are delivering to our enemies, and I salute you”, he said. “Together, we will fight, and together we will win — with God’s help.”

In the Palestinian territory, Israel’s military said it had encircled the northern area of Jabaliya after indications Hamas was rebuilding despite nearly a year of devastating air strikes and fighting.

Rescuers said 17 people, including nine children, were killed on Sunday by Israeli air strikes on the area.

Netanyahu had vowed to “crush… and destroy” Hamas last October, but troops have returned to several areas across Gaza where they had previously conducted operations against Hamas, only to find militants regrouping.

As another strike hit Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati appealed to the international community to put pressure on Israel for a ceasefire.

Israel is on high alert ahead of the October 7 anniversary, which the military said could lead to “attacks on the home front”.

In southern Israel’s Beersheba central bus station, a border policewoman was killed and 10 other people injured, first responders said. Police called it a suspected “terrorist” attack and said the assailant was killed.

Iran on Sunday said it had prepared a plan to hit back against any possible Israeli attack, before Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned Iran it could end up looking like Gaza or Beirut.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency said more than 30 strikes hit Hezbollah’s south Beirut stronghold overnight into Sunday. Shopkeeper Mehdi Zeiter, 60, said they “were like an earthquake.”

A petrol station and medical warehouse were hit, NNA said.

“It was the most violent night… there were strikes everywhere. They are not hitting military targets, but civilian ones,” Zeiter said.

Israel’s military said it struck weapons storage facilities and infrastructure while taking measures “to mitigate the risk of harming civilians”.

AFPTV footage showed a massive fireball over a residential area, followed by a loud bang and secondary explosions. Smoke was still billowing from the site after dawn.

Amid the fighting, Hezbollah continued attacks on Israel, saying on Sunday it launched attack drones towards a military base near the northern Israeli city of Haifa.

Last year’s October 7 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,205 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures that include hostages killed in captivity.