Israel-Hezbollah clashes: Latest developments
Hezbollah said Monday that it targeted Israel’s Ma'ayan Baruch military post near Lebanon’s border with the “appropriate weapons,” managing to achieve a “direct hit.”
The Israeli army meanwhile announced that four drones infiltrated Israel’s Western Galilee area of which three were intercepted and a fourth hit a tall building in Nahariyya. Israel’s Channel 12 said security officials estimate that the fourth drone had been targeted at military bases south of Nahariyya.
Hezbollah later claimed the attack, saying that it launched an array of suicide drones at the Shraga barracks north of Akka in response to an airstrike on Khirbet Selm.
Hezbollah also said that it fired a volley of Katyusha rockets at the Ya’ara barracks in northern Israel.
Moreover, the group said it fired a surface-to-air missile at an Israeli warplane in Lebanon's airspace, forcing it to withdraw.
Channel 12 later reported that 15 rockets were fired from Lebanon at Israel’s Western Galilee.
Israeli mortar and artillery shelling meanwhile targeted the southern towns of Kfarkela, Zibqin and Yater.
Israeli warplanes had overnight raided the Bint Jbeil town of Hanine, wounding four people. A drone also bombarded the town at dawn.
Hezbollah began firing rockets and drones at Israel shortly after the outbreak of the war in Gaza, which was triggered by Hamas' surprise attack into Israel on Oct. 7. Hezbollah and Hamas are allies, each backed by Iran.
The cross-border violence has killed some 614 people in Lebanon, mostly fighters but also including 138 civilians, according to an AFP tally. On the Israeli side, including in the annexed Golan Heights, authorities have announced the deaths of at least 24 soldiers and 26 civilians.
The fighting has also displaced tens of thousands of Lebanese and Israeli residents on both sides of the border and Israel has repeatedly vowed to act to return its citizens through war or diplomatic action.
Source: Naharnet
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