Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes launched two raids on the town of Hula and the vicinity of Llida in southern Lebanon, and another on the vicinity of the town of Ghaziyeh near the city of Sidon in the south of the country, while Hezbollah announced the targeting of several Israeli military sites.
Our correspondent reported that 10 Syrian workers were injured after one of the two raids targeted an industrial area, which included a number of oil factories and tire warehouses. This caused a fire to break out in the targeted area.
He added that Israeli aircraft launched a series of raids on the vicinity of the towns of Al-Adissa, Mays Al-Jabal, Yarin, and Al-Bustan in southern Lebanon.
For its part, the Lebanese News Agency said that the Israeli army bombed with artillery the towns of Al-Dhaira and Marwahin in southern Lebanon.
Israeli occupation army spokesman Daniel Hagari said that the army bombed Hezbollah weapons stores in the town of Ghaziyeh, southern Lebanon, in response to the party’s marching attack on Tiberias.
The Israeli army added that it launched raids during the last hours on Hezbollah infrastructure in Mays al-Jabal and al-Adayseh.
The town of Ghaziyeh is located about 4 kilometers south of the city of Sidon, which is one of the main entrances to southern Lebanon, and about 50 kilometers from the border with Israel.
Targeting the vicinity of the city of Sidon with two raids is a major escalation, especially since the town is located on a highway used by thousands of citizens heading to the major cities in southern Lebanon. Such as: Tyre, and Nabatieh.
Counterattacks
On the other hand, Lebanese Hezbollah said that it targeted with missiles a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Ramim barracks, confirming that a direct hit had been achieved.
The party added in a separate statement that its fighters targeted the Israeli sites of Birkat Risha and Al-Samaqa, off the Lebanese border, and achieved direct hits.
The party also announced the targeting of the Israeli military site Ramta in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with guided missiles.
A member of the Hezbollah parliamentary bloc, Hassan Fadlallah, said that all the open fronts of the resistance forces in the region are interconnected, and have been fighting for 4 months to pressure the occupation to stop its crimes in Gaza.
Fadlallah confirmed in an interview with Al Jazeera that the occupation’s military objectives had fallen in Palestine and Lebanon. Because of the hardness of the resistance.
He stressed that there is no room to discuss what the international delegates are putting forward now; Because the priority is to stop the aggression against Gaza.
In the wake of a devastating Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, since October 8, 2023, the Israeli-Lebanese border has witnessed an exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Palestinian factions on the one hand, and the Israeli army on the other hand, which led to deaths and injuries on both sides of the border.
2024-02-20 11:20:30
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