CNN waking up to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict
Injured American citizen’s condition ‘worsening’ after Hezbollah missiles fired toward Israel
The condition of an American citizen injured Sunday after the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired missiles toward northern Israel is “worsening,” according to the medical center treating him.
The 31-year-old man suffered shrapnel injuries to his upper body and was admitted to the operating room Sunday evening local time, the Galilee Medical Center said in a statement. Two other people injured by the missile fire – a soldier and a civilian – have also been hospitalized in a surgical department, the center added.
Hezbollah fired dozens of projectiles and anti-tank missiles toward northern Israel on Sunday, according to the Israeli military. It said the soldier had been lightly injured and evacuated to receive treatment.
The two civilians were both hit by shrapnel, according to the medical center. A spokesperson from the medical center had earlier told CNN the American civilian was in a “serious and stable condition.” “(He) was admitted to the shock room, where the medical teams had to anesthetize him and put him on a ventilator,” the center added.
CNN has reached out to the US State Department on the injured American.
The Israeli military said it had responded with strikes on Hezbollah military structures. Hezbollah said in multiple statements on Sunday that it had fired rockets toward several Israeli military sites. That comes after the Israeli military conducted an airstrike in northern Lebanon on Saturday that it said killed a senior Hezbollah operative.
Hezbollah claims it struck another Israeli army site
The Lebanese group says it attacked Israel’s Bayad Blida military outpost near the border with missiles and achieved a “direct hit”. Earlier, Hezbollah said in separate statements three other army sites near the border were shelled.
Hezbollah’s strikes come after the Israeli army carried out artillery attacks on areas on the outskirts of Yaroun and Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent.
Hezbollah launches ‘largest’ drone operation since October 8
The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah says it has carried out its biggest drone attack against Israel since its war on Gaza began.
“We attacked, with drones, a technical and electronic reconnaissance centre in Mount Hermon in the occupied Syrian Golan,” it said in a statement. “We hit spy and intelligence equipment and technical systems and destroyed part of them.”
The reconnaissance centre in Mount Hermon was targeted for the first time since the 1973 war, it added.
