The Israeli army announced (Sunday) that 7 of its soldiers were injured as a result of a bombardment with “mortar shells” launched by “Hezbollah” from southern Lebanon on northern Israel, while the “Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades” (the military wing of the “Hamas” movement) announced that they were fired from Southern Lebanon fired missiles towards Israeli settlements and the northern city of Haifa, while a UNIFIL soldier was wounded.
The army said, in a statement published on the (X) platform, that 15 shells were launched from Lebanon during the past hour, 4 of which were intercepted by the air defense system, and the rest fell on open land. The statement added that the army is now bombing the sources of launching these missiles.
Earlier, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack on the town of Doviv in northern Israel. The party said, in a statement, that the attack targeted an Israeli army logistical force that “was in the process of installing transmission poles and eavesdropping and spying devices in a new gathering near the Doviev barracks.” He added that the attack resulted in “confirmed casualties, including one dead and one wounded,” while the party also announced the killing of one of its members.
The Al-Qassam Brigades in Lebanon also claimed responsibility for bombing northern Haifa and the Shlomi and Nahariya settlements with several concentrated missile salvos “in response to the occupation’s massacres and aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip.”
Israeli phosphorus shells explode on Lebanese territory (Reuters)
The Israeli bombing (Sunday) touched the city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, for the first time since October 8, when Israeli aircraft carried out an air strike on Mahmoudiya Hill, located between Nabatieh and Marjayoun, coinciding with a major escalation in the central sector after targeting Hezbollah. » Dovev colony, which resulted in 7 casualties being recorded.
Lebanese circulated video clips showing an Israeli raid off the city of Nabatieh. Activists said that it targeted a location between Mahmoudiyah Hill and the city of Marjayoun. The raid occurred about 5 kilometers from the city of Nabatieh, and they said that residents of the nearby town of Kafr Rumman heard a huge sound.
This is the first development since the start of the escalation between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, as it touches a city in the south, after previously focusing on the border area, noting that the targeting point is located north of the Litani, about 15 kilometers from the nearest border point.
This escalation coincided with Hezbollah’s bombing of targets in the Dovev settlement, prompting Israeli forces to intensify the bombing of the villages of the central sector in southern Lebanon. The Israelis published a video clip showing the targeting of two cars and a truck carrying a bulldozer.
An Israeli army spokesman announced that artillery fire was fired in the direction of southern Lebanon (Sunday) after “civilians” were injured as a result of an anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon.
He announced, in a statement, that “a number of civilians were injured” in an anti-tank missile attack that led to an Israeli vehicle being hit near the border near the Doviv population center, 800 meters from the border with Lebanon, noting that “artillery struck the source” of the fire.
The Israeli Electricity Company said in a statement that the missile “hit employees” who were repairing power lines that were damaged by recent strikes on the area.
Smoke of an Israeli raid inside Lebanese territory (Reuters)
Lebanese media said that the Israeli army carried out artillery shelling with more than 130 phosphorus shells, 50 fragmentation shells, and 3 drone strikes. In response to Dovev’s targeting.
In separate statements, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted “a gathering of Israeli army personnel in the Al-Taihat-Ruwaisa-Al-Asi triangle with appropriate weapons, and achieved confirmed casualties.” It also targeted an Israeli army bulldozer “near the Doviev barracks with guided missiles.” Which led to its destruction, the killing of its crew, and a number of confirmed casualties among the soldiers around it, including dead and wounded.”
The party also announced that it had targeted the Zarit barracks with artillery shells, confirming that it had achieved direct hits.
On the other hand, the party announced the fall of an additional fighter “on the road to Jerusalem,” Hussein Ali Harb from the town of Sohmar in the Bekaa, bringing the party’s death toll to 71.
Israeli paramedics transport a wounded man injured in a Hezbollah bombing to the hospital (Reuters)
In the evening, the Israeli army announced that 7 of its soldiers were wounded as a result of a mortar shelling from Lebanon on northern Israel. The army said, in a statement published on the (X) platform, that 15 shells were launched from Lebanon during the past hour, noting that the air defense system intercepted 4 of them, and the rest fell on open land, and pointed out that the army bombed the sources of launching these shells.
The Israeli army expanded its bombardment. The National News Agency reported that Israeli artillery targeted the Al-Mushairfa area and the Labouneh area (outskirts of the town of Naqoura), noting that sirens were sounded at the UNIFIL center in Naqoura.
A march fired a missile directed at the outskirts of the eastern Tahra Hill, overlooking the town of Kafr Rumman, and clouds of smoke rose from the area, which is considered open and close to residential homes.
This coincided, according to the agency, with Israeli artillery bombardment on the outskirts of Kafr Tibnit and the vicinity of the Jarmaq Church, the Jardali stream, and the Zariqoun area between Kafr Rumman and Jarmaq with 175 mm shells.
The National News Agency also reported that an Israeli raid targeted a minibus parked next to a house in Houla, noting that the outskirts of the towns of Muhaibib and Blida were exposed to phosphorus shells, and that an enemy flare bomb fell in the town of Ramia, next to the “Ahl al-Bayt” complex.
While the warplanes carried out an air strike on the outskirts of the town of Aita al-Shaab, dozens of phosphorous shells fell on the outskirts of the town of Mays al-Jabal and the town of Hula.
With the direct bombardment that targeted the outskirts of the town of Al-Taybeh and Kharj Al-Buwayda, the aircraft targeted two houses on the outskirts of the town of Tair Harfa, near the central town, without causing any casualties.
The aircraft carried out raids on the vicinity of the towns of Marwahin, Al-Dhahira, and Al-Bustan, the area between Tarikha and Marwahin, and the outskirts of Ramiyah and Beit Lev, in addition to the outskirts of the towns of Shihin and Umm Al-Tut in the western sector.
Israeli reconnaissance aircraft had begun flying in the southern sky since the early hours of dawn, according to the National News Agency, noting that the region was, until well after midnight, subject to raids by Israeli warplanes, drones, and artillery shelling that targeted the outskirts of the border towns from Naqoura to The surroundings of the town of Aita al-Shaab.
The agency pointed out that the last hours were the most violent since the outbreak of the war, which was no longer subject to any rules after the enemy targeted civilian targets far from the border for more than 40 kilometers, noting that the Israeli army targets, at night, and most of the daylight hours, vehicles and vehicles moving on the roads opposite the Blue Line. On the southern border.
The agency noted that flares filled the skies of the western and central sectors throughout last night, and incendiary bombing continued in the forests adjacent to the Blue Line, while Hezbollah imposed restrictions on the movements of Israeli vehicles.
UNIFIL
In the morning, UNIFIL forces announced that one of its members had been wounded by a bullet. UNIFIL official spokesman Andrea Tenenti said in a statement: “Shortly after midnight, peacekeepers, at a UNIFIL site near Al-Qozah, reported that they heard gunfire nearby,” adding: “One of the peacekeepers was hit by a bullet and underwent surgery.” He is now in the recovery period, and his condition is stable.”
He pointed out that “the source of the shooting is currently unknown, and we have opened an investigation,” warning that “any targeting near UNIFIL sites, and any use of our sites to launch attacks across the Blue Line, for any reason, is unacceptable.” Tenenti recalled that “attacks against civilians or United Nations personnel are violations of international law that may amount to war crimes,” reiterating his urging “all parties concerned to cease fire; “To ensure the safety of not only peacekeepers, but all people living near the Blue Line.”
Another UNIFIL member was injured on October 29 as a result of a bombing near the border village of Houla, hours after the force’s general headquarters was hit by a shell.
The Lebanese National News Agency reported earlier that Israel bombed several areas, including Al-Mshirfa and Al-Labouneh on the outskirts of the town of Naqoura, while sirens sounded at the center of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura.
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