Hezbollah targets troops near border as Israel says began ground op
The Israeli military said "intense fighting" was taking place Tuesday after it launched a ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and warned Lebanese residents not to travel by vehicle in the region.
"Intense fighting is taking place in southern Lebanon," wrote Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli army, in a message published in Arabic on Telegram. "For your personal safety, we ask you not to travel by vehicles from the north to the south of the Litani River" in south Lebanon.
Several projectiles were fired from across the border into Israel's northern areas after Israel said it began its targeted ground raids.
The projectiles were fired after sirens sounded in the Metula and Avivim areas, as Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli troop movements in northern Israel.
Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli troops carrying out "movements" in orchards near the Lebanese border, with a source close to the group saying the soldiers were "right on the border".
The militant group said it targeted "enemy soldiers' movements in the orchards opposite Adaisseh and Kfarkila".
It later targeted twice Israeli troop movements in Metula. The group targeted "a movement of enemy soldiers in Metula with artillery shells", it said in a statement. In another, it said it had targeted a "gathering of enemy soldiers" in the same area with rockets.
Source: Agence France Presse
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