Hezbollah attacks Israeli posts after violent night
Hezbollah on Saturday announced a fresh wave of attacks on Israeli military posts across the border as Israeli attacks targeted some southern areas.
In a statement, the group said it fired short-range, heavy-caliber Burkan rockets at a gathering of Israeli troops near the Jal al-Alam Israeli post causing casualties.
In other statements, Hezbollah said it also attacked Israeli troops near the al-Abbad post and the Dovev barracks.
Israeli warplanes meanwhile fired two missiles at the Blat mountain on Marwahin’s outskirts as Israeli artillery targeted the eastern part of the border town of Houla.
An Israeli airstrike later targeted the outskirts of Tayr Harfa as artillery shelling struck the outskirts of Yarin and al-Dhayra in the western sector of south Lebanon.
Four Hezbollah members were killed overnight in airstrikes on two houses in the town of Beit Leef.
The group retaliated by firing Burkan rockets at the Zar’it barracks and the Cobra hill while also attacking the Birkat Risha post.
According to Israeli reports, a Burkan rocket hit a room containing troops in Zar’it, wounding four of them.
“Hezbollah has gone mad and is firing in every direction,” the reports said, at Israel’s Channel 13 correspondent labeled the confrontations as “the night of fire in the north.”
Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed a near-daily exchange of fire between Israel's army and Hezbollah. At least 206 people have been killed in south Lebanon, 151 of them belonging to Hezbollah.
The fighting has also displaced tens of thousands of residents on both sides of the border and Israel has warned that it is ready to use military force to return its settlers to their homes.
Source: Naharnet
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