Israeli artillery, air and drone attacks on Lebanon intensify
Intense artillery shelling continued overnight and Israeli air and drone attacks are now ongoing.
In the last 30 to 45 minutes, we’ve heard a barrage of Hezbollah rockets from beyond a nearby ridgeline – at least five of them going into northern Israel. We’ve also seen video of buildings on fire, likely as a result of that rocket barrage.
Hezbollah is saying they hit a gathering of what they call enemy soldiers in the occupied Shebaa Farms area, which is very close to the border. So there is still a lot of escalation.
In the previous 36 hours, Israel said they had struck about 340 Hezbollah targets. That’s likely to go up. We know of at least another 100 that were hit yesterday. So we are looking at about 440 targets within 48 hours.
That is a lot of incoming hits and certainly more than we have seen since September 29, when Israel announced that they were going to make this limited ground offensive into Lebanon.
Rocket barrage fired at Upper Galilee area
A barrage of about 30 rockets has been fired at the Upper Galilee area of northern Israel, according to Israel’s Kan news outlet. Some of the rockets were intercepted while others landed in open areas, according to the report.
Hezbollah has also announced that it targeted a “gathering of Israeli soldiers” in al-Sadana, along the Lebanon-Syria border in the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms. It is not known if the two incidents are related.
Israeli army calls on residents to evacuate building in eastern Lebanon
The Israeli army has announced new evacuation orders for Lebanese living in a residential building in the Tamnin area of the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon.
“Urgent warning to the residents of the Bekaa region, specifically those located in the building marked on the map in the Tamnine area,” military spokesman Avichay Adraee said on X. “You are located near facilities and interests that belong to Hezbollah, which will be targeted by the Defense Forces (army) in the near future.”
Israeli air raids hit east Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley: Reports
Israeli warplanes have targeted the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon following a warning by Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee for residents to immediately evacuate, accroding to local media reports verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency.
Israeli air strikes reported across eastern and southern Lebanon
Israeli air strikes have been reported in several areas across eastern and southern Lebanon following a series of evacuation calls from the military. In eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, air strikes have been reported in areas of Sarin, Safri and Tamnin.
In southern Lebanon, an Israeli air strike targeted the Al Hawash area near the coastal city of Tyre.
The Israeli army has not commented on the attacks so far.
