Israeli airstrikes and shells target southern Lebanese border areas
Israel carried out several airstrikes in south Lebanon on Monday as its artillery struck some border towns.
Lebanon’s National News Agency said Israeli warplanes and drones bombed a house and a gas station in the border town of Kfarkila in two separate raids.
Israeli warplanes also fired several missiles on the al-Labbouneh forests between Naqoura and Alma al-Shaab, as a drone bombed an empty house in Maroun al-Ras.
Artillery shelling meanwhile targeted Maroun al-Ras and the outskirts of Tayr Harfa and Majdal Zoun.
Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath TV channel meanwhile reported that a drone coming from Lebanon was shot down over northern Israel.
The Israel-Lebanon border has been rocked by escalating exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and Hezbollah since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7. Since the hostilities began, more than 160 people have been killed on the Lebanese side, most of them Hezbollah combatants but including more than 20 civilians, three of them journalists.
On the Israeli side, at least five civilians and nine soldiers have been killed, according to the military.
Hezbollah has claimed daily attacks on Israeli troops and positions, saying its actions are in support of the Palestinians in Gaza, while Israel has been striking south Lebanon.
Source: Naharnet
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