Hezbollah wages drone, rocket and artillery attacks as border tensions escalate
Hezbollah waged Wednesday a combined drone, rocket and artillery attack on Israeli forces and vehicles in the occupied Shebaa Farms, attacked an Israeli force in Dhaira and targeted the Hadb al-Bustan post and Kherbet Ma'ar with Burkan rockets.
The group also attacked a "new command center" near the Israeli naval base in Ras al-Naqoura as the Israeli army said it has intercepted eight out of 18 missiles launched from Lebanon towards the Western Galilee.
Israel for its part struck the outskirts of al-Jebbayn, Tayr Harfa, Dhaira, Yarine, al-Naqoura, Aita al-Shaab, and al-Hamames south of al-Khiam while Israeli soldiers along the border fired heavy machine guns towards bordering Lebanese forests.
Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, Hezbollah and Israeli forces have engaged in near-daily clashes on the border that have killed around 150 people on the Lebanese side -- most of them fighters with Hezbollah and allied groups, but also at least 19 civilians.
An Israeli air strike on a house in Bint Jbeil on Tuesday night killed a Hezbollah fighter and two of his relatives.
On the Israeli side, at least four civilians and nine soldiers have been killed, according to Israeli officials.
On Tuesday, an anti-tank missile fired by Hezbollah wounded nine soldiers in Iqrit.
Source: Naharnet
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