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Hezbollah claims shelling Israeli military site in Jal al-Allam

Lebanon’s Hezbollah armed group has claimed to have hit an Israeli military site with artillery shells in Jal al-Allam near the border with Israel. The attack came in support of Gaza at 1:25pm (10:25 GMT), the statement on Telegram said.

Earlier today, the group also claimed to have destroyed Israel’s “spy equipment” in southern Lebanon’s Ramyah “with appropriate weapons”.

Hezbollah targets Israeli soldiers

The Lebanese group says in a statement that it targeted a border outpost belonging to the Israeli army near the town of Metulla with a “guided missile”, hitting a group of three soldiers directly.

It said that its fighters monitored the entry of the three soldiers into the border outpost, and that they fired at them upon arrival. Hezbollah claims that its attack killed at least one of the soldiers.

Israel claims hitting Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon’s Maroun al-Ras

The Israeli military has said that its fighter jets hit a building in Maroun al-Ras where Hezbollah operatives were identified.

Earlier, about 10 rockets were fired from Lebanon at the Malkia and Mount Dov areas in northern Israel. The military said no injuries were reported and that it shelled the sources of fire.

 

Israeli settlers carry out series of attacks in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians’ vehicles on the Marajat road, northwest of the city of Jericho, according to the Wafa news agency.

Eyewitnesses reported that they threw stones at vehicles passing through the road connecting the cities of Ramallah and Jericho, causing damage and impeding movement. Earlier today, settlers – protected by soldiers – raided the archaeological site of al-Mas’udiyya in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus.

According to Wafa, 15 Palestinian families live in the al-Mas’udiyya area and are constantly subject to settler attacks and harassment. Al-Mas’udiyya is an archaeological area that includes parts of the Hejaz railway, which was built during Ottoman rule.

Israeli settlers attack occupied West Bank town

Local Palestinian media reports that illegal Israeli settlers have attacked the agricultural community of Yatma, south of Nablus in the West Bank, setting fire to the property of those Palestinians living there.

Video verified by Al Jazeera shows several cars on fire after the attack.