Israeli jets, artillery pound southern Lebanon; missile defence destroys incoming attack: Military
Israeli fighter jets have attacked sites in southern Lebanon’s Soujod area where the military claimed it destroyed a launcher used to deploy aerial drones that targeted the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Earlier, the Israeli military said warplanes had carried out strikes on Hezbollah “infrastructure” in the villages of Halta and Kfar Kila, and jet fighters had hit the Kunin municipality of southern Lebanon while artillery fire “removed a threat” in the Leyda area.
Israeli missile defences also detected and destroyed “suspicious aerial targets” launched from Lebanon towards Israel’s northern Upper Galilee region and the occupied Golan Heights. There were no casualties, the military said.
Hezbollah fighter, Amin Badreddine, killed in southern Lebanon
Assed Baig, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Marjayoun, in southern Lebanon, reports that considerable military activity is taking place along the border with northern Israel, and an Israeli drone strike is believed to have killed Hezbollah’s Amin Badreddine and a civilian.
Several other people were also injured in the attack, local officials report.
According to Baig, Israel appears to be targeting individual Hezbollah fighters deeper into Lebanese territory because it is unable to stop the launch of the armed group’s rockets from southern Lebanon.
Israeli warplanes strike Hezbollah targets overnight, says military
Israel’s military claims its air force carried out strikes on numerous Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon overnight. It said air strikes hit sites in the Lebanese towns of Bint Jbeil, Doueir and Majdal Zoun, without reporting casualties.
Injuries in Israeli strike on southern Lebanon
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reports that an Israeli army drone targeted a car on the road linking the southern Lebanese towns of Yarin and al-Jebbayn. The agency said that 3 injuries resulted from this attack, but did not specify their severity.
Hezbollah claims its drone attacked Israeli soldiers in Marj
The Lebanese armed group says its drone has attacked Israeli soldiers in a military position in Marj near the Lebanon-Israel border. The assault carried out at 01:20 pm (10:20 GMT) injured an unidentified number of troops, the group’s statement said on Telegram.
