Hamas ally and Iranian proxy Hezbollah on Monday in a statement said it fired “dozens” of Katyusha rockets at an army headquarters in northern Israel. The Lebanese militants said it was a retaliatory move to raids targeting villages in southern Lebanon, according to an AFP report.
Footage from the @IDF: "A short while ago, IAF fighter jets struck Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon. Earlier today, two military structures where Hezbollah terrorists operated were struck in the areas of Arzoun and Odaisseh in southern Lebanon." pic.twitter.com/sCqHTT4Go9— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) April 22, 2024
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said that they detected “approximately 35 launches” crossing from Lebanon into the area of Ein Zeitim in northern Israel. They said that there were no injuries and that they “struck the sources of the launches”.
The IDF said that the source of the strike was in the area of Arzoun in southern Lebanon.
Since Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel triggered war in Gaza, there have been near-daily cross-border exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
With Israel-Iran tensions at an all-time high, the Lebanese Shiite militant group has intensified its attacks on Israel military targets across the border.
A Hezbollah statement said it had bombarded “the headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 91st Division at Ein Zeitim Base with dozens of Katyusha rockets”.
This was in response to Israeli attacks on “southern villages and civilian homes”, most recently in Srifa, Odaisseh and Rab Tlatin.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli strikes on the three villages on Monday.
Since October 7 at least 376 people have been killed in Lebanon, mostly Hezbollah fighters but also 70 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
Israel says 10 soldiers and eight civilians have been killed on its side of the border.
(with agency inputs)
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