After Israeli strikes left three dead and twelve wounded, Hezbollah announced Sunday night into Monday that it had launched rockets into northern Israel “in response.”
Hezbollah announced Sunday night into Monday that it had launched rockets at northern Israel following Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon that killed three of its fighters and wounded 12. A source close to Hezbollah said told AFP that two of the fighters were killed in a drone strike on Sunday in the town of Taybeh, which borders Israel. The third dead, identified as a Hezbollah fighter by the movement, was hit “several days ago” in the southern town of Beit Lif and died from his injuries on Sunday, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. Still according to the ministry, at least one Lebanese and eleven Syrians were injured, including two seriously – an infant and a child – in the Israeli strike that “targeted” Maaroub, next to Derdghaiya.
The pro-Iranian movement has exchanged fire with the Israeli army almost every day since the war in Gaza began in October. This violence was exacerbated by the assassination on July 30 of the head of the Lebanese armed forces, claimed by Israel, and the Palestinian leader of Hamas Ismaïl Haniyeh in Tehran a few hours later, who was given to the state of Israel.
Terrorist cell hit Hezbollah
“in response”During the night from Sunday to Monday, Hezbollah announced that it had launched salvos of Katyusha-type rockets at “the new headquarters of the 146th division of the Israeli army in Jaatoun”. For its part, the Israeli army reported “30 projectiles launched from Lebanon to Kabri region”and several of them fell in open fields, saying that no one was hurt. Earlier, she said yes “Hezbollah terror cell hit in Taybeh area” etc “Military structure in Derdghaiya region”. “After the strike, secondary explosions were identified, indicating that weapons were inside the structure. “contribute to the army.
On Saturday, the powerful movement announced that it had launched drones at a military base in northern Israel in response to the killing of a Hamas official in Saida, the southern Lebanese capital, the previous day. . This was the first strike of this type in Saida since Hezbollah opened a front against Israel, in support of Hamas.
Ten months of violence have left at least 565 dead in Lebanon, most of them Hezbollah fighters but also at least 116 civilians, according to an AFP tally. They forced about 100,000 people to flee their homes on both sides of the border. In Israel and the Golan Heights, 22 soldiers and 26 civilians were killed, according to the authorities.
2024-08-12 07:28:21
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