Marjayoun, South Lebanon, August 12, 2024 (Xinhua) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah announced today (Monday) that it bombed a military base in northern Israel with barrages of Katyusha rockets in response to targeting towns in southern Lebanon last night.
Hezbollah’s military media issued a statement saying, “Today, Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance bombarded the new headquarters of the command of the 146th Division in Jatoun with volleys of Katyusha rockets,” in response to “Israeli enemy attacks on the towns stable south and safe. houses, especially in the town of Ma’roub” in the western region. From southern Lebanon.
Lebanese military sources told Xinhua News Agency that 12 civilians were injured last night in an Israeli airstrike on the village of Maaroub, which also led to the destruction of several homes.
She said most of the wounded were displaced Syrians, including one Lebanese civilian, noting that the Lebanese Red Cross and Civil Defense teams working to transfer the injured to hospitals in the city of Tire in southern Lebanon, including women and children.
The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanese Ministry of Health said in a statement that “according to a detailed initial toll of those injured in the Israeli attack targeting the town of Maaroub, which resulted in 12 injuries, including 11 of Syrian nationality and Lebanese citizen, two emergency cases were registered, a woman and a 5-month-old girl.
There has been great anticipation in Lebanon since the killing of the prominent military commander in Hezbollah, Fouad Shukr, in an Israeli attack targeting a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut on July 30, as the Secretary-General of Hezbollah Lebanon . , Hassan Nasrallah, threatened Israel with a “very thoughtful response.”
Hezbollah and the Israeli army have been exchanging shells across the Lebanon-Israel border since October 8, against the backdrop of the ongoing war between the Islamic Movement (Hamas) and Israel in the Gaza Strip, amid fears international that the riots will enter. general war.
2024-08-12 07:51:45
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