Israeli strike kills two people in southern Lebanon
The strike hit a vehicle travelling near the southern Lebanese town of Seddiqine, killing two people, reports Lebanon’s Annahar news site. Lebanon’s National News Agency also reported that two people were killed in a raid in the area.
Israel’s military and Hezbollah have lately escalated cross-border attacks, with the Lebanese group firing dozens of rockets at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights earlier today.
Hezbollah claims attack that local media says caused Israeli army injuries
Hezbollah has claimed an attack on the “Metula site” belonging to the Israeli military, “its garrison, and its vehicles”.
Israeli local broadcaster Channel 7 reports that three Israeli soldiers were wounded, one of them seriously, in this attack, citing an announcement from Ziv Hospital in Safed. Hezbollah claimed that its attack killed at least one of the soldiers.
This was the sixth attack claimed by the armed Lebanese group today.
Israel says air strikes target a ‘squad of terrorists’ in Lebanon
Israel’s air force says it has targeted fighters in southern Lebanon who were preparing cross-border attacks. “Earlier today, Air Force aircraft attacked a squad of terrorists in the Kana region of Lebanon who were on their way to carry out an immediate terrorist plan towards the country,” it said in a statement on X.
“At the same time, fighter jets of the Air Force attacked and destroyed throughout the day a wide range of targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon.”
Other air strikes hit Ayta al-Shaab and Kfar Kila, it said.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said recently that residents of northern Israel would not be able to return home for the start of the next school year if their government presses on with its assault on the Gaza Strip. Tens of thousands of civilians from Lebanon and Israel living along the border have evacuated since fighting began in October.
Hezbollah says it hits Israeli missile-detecting blimp in drone strike
The armed Lebanese group has released videos showing how it has monitored an Israeli Sky Dew blimp deployed in northern Israel to detect incoming missiles.
Hezbollah said it launched an explosive-laden drone at the aircraft and achieved a direct hit. The Israeli military confirmed the drone struck “a balloon that was on the ground” at a military base in northern Israel.
Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said there were no casualties and the military has suffered no hits to its ability to image the area by air.
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