Israeli raid reported in Lebanon’s Kfar Kila
According to the Lebanese news agency, NNA, a house was “completely destroyed” and a fire broke out in the town of Kfar Kila following a “hostile Israeli raid”. It was not immediately clear what type of weapon was used in the attack.
The report said an ambulance was deployed to the area following the incident but the number of casualties from the attack was not immediately clear.
Israel says warplanes pound southern Lebanon
Israel’s military said attack aircraft hit a Hezbollah missile launcher in Southern Lebanon’s Yaroun area and a “munitions warehouse”, “military building” and “terrorist infrastructure” in the Ramyah, Hula and Aitaroun areas of the south.
Night-time video footage accompanying the military’s post on social media showed residential buildings and other sites in the Lebanese countryside being blasted from the air by missiles.
About a dozen rockets and missiles were also fired from Lebanese territory towards northern Israel on Friday evening, without causing casualties, the military added.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad ready to send fighters from Syria to support Hezbollah in Lebanon: Report
The Associated Press (AP) news agency reports that the Syrian branch of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is prepared to send additional forces to Lebanon in case Israel launches a full-scale war against Hezbollah.
“All Palestinian youth look forward to facing the Israeli occupation and joining Hezbollah in this resistance,” said Ismail al-Sendawi, national relations officer for the Islamic Jihad in Syria.
Al-Sendawi spoke at a ceremony in Damascus on Friday commemorating members of PIJ from Syria who have died fighting in Lebanon against Israeli forces over the past eight months.
Sixteen Palestinian refugees from Syria, all PIJ members, have died to date fighting in southern Lebanon against Israeli forces, AP reports.
Casualties reported in Israeli drone strike in Lebanon
Lebanese media is reporting that an Israeli drone strike has hit a motorcycle between the southern towns of Bint Jbeil and Aitaroun in southern Lebanon and casualties are feared.
Over the past few days, attacks between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have increased, following the latter’s assassination of Taleb Abdullah, the most senior Hezbollah commander killed since October 8.
Israel confirms attack on motorcycle in southern Lebanon
As we reported earlier, an Israeli drone attack hit a motorcycle near the southern Lebanese towns of Bint Jbeil and Aitaroun. The Israeli military has confirmed the attack, saying on Telegram that the aircraft struck a “Hezbollah terrorist” in the area.
“Moreover, [Israeli army] artillery fired to remove a threat in the area of Aitaroun”.
Fire breaks out in Goren, western Galilee
The Israeli army says several rockets launched from Lebanon have fallen in Goren in western Galilee and a fire has broken out in the area.
