Hezbollah continues its attacks on Israel
The Lebanese group has announced three attacks on Israeli army positions and personnel since the top of the hour (15:00 GMT).
In the first, it says it launched an air attack with squadrons of drones “for the second time today”, targeting Israel’s Mishar base and the Katsavia barracks. The drones “hit their targets accurately”, according to statements form Hezbollah.
Hezbollah also claims that its fighters ambushed an Israeli army Humvee military vehicle, shooting a close-range guided missile at it and destroying it, also killing those inside. The attack took place near the Lebanon-Israel border.
Finally, the group says that it attacked the “Ruwaisat al-Qarn” site in the Shebaa Farms, occupied by Israel, with missiles, achieving direct hits.
Tensions remain high on the Lebanon-Israel border after Hezbollah pledged to step up its attacks on Israel, after the Israeli army killed one of its senior commanders in an air strike days ago.
Israeli forces continue to train for fighting in the north: Statement
The Arabic language spokesman for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, says its soldiers are continuing to train for “combat readiness” on the northern front of the country, amid the ongoing exchange of fire with Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
- “Over the past two weeks, a series of exercises were conducted at the level of military brigades, during which the forces trained to deal with different war scenarios on the northern front.”
- “The forces of the 4th Brigade arrived for the exercise after a period of fighting in the Gaza Strip, while the forces of the 226th Brigade (Northern Paratroopers Brigade) arrived after completing a period of defensive actions on the northern border.”
- “The exercise simulated combat scenarios at different levels, with an emphasis on movement in rugged areas, advancing on mountainous axes, activating fire at an increasing pace, and fighting in different areas.”
- “The forces were also trained to provide logistical and communications services in depth, evacuate wounded from the battlefield, and operate command headquarters.”
Thus far, fighting on the ground has remained limited to skirmishes on the border. But Hezbollah has been trying to challenge Israel’s air superiority over Lebanese skies.
Fires continue to rage in northern Israel after Hezbollah attacks
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reports that 15 fire crews, 10 teams from the Israel Land Department and teams from the Israeli army are working to extinguish a large-scale fire in Berea, north of Safed in Upper Galilee, Israel.
These fires have broken out as Lebanon’s Hezbollah continues to launch attacks against Israeli territory, sending earlier today a barrage of 150 rockets, its largest since it began open hostilities with Israel.
Yedioth Ahronoth says that fire brigades managed to halt the spread of the fires to residential houses in Upper Galilee, but that fires are spreading quickly due to high winds in the area.
Nine other fire teams from Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority and others are also working to extinguish fires in several locations in the central Golan Heights area, especially near Katzrin, the newspaper added.
