The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah announced on Tuesday that it had launched “dozens” of rockets at the town of Margaliot in northern Israel. This was in response to an earlier Israeli bombardment that killed a woman and a girl in a house in southern Lebanon.
In a statement, the movement said that “Islamic Resistance fighters attacked the settlement of Margaliot, the occupied Lebanese town of Hunin, with dozens of ‘Katyusha’ rockets late on Tuesday followingnoon.”
The statement said the launch was a response to an attack carried out by the Israeli air force once morest a house in the Lebanese town of Hanine, where this followingnoon the National News Agency (ANN) had reported the death of a woman and her minor niece.
Six other people were also injured in the bombing of the house, which was completely destroyed by the impact of two missiles, according to the state media.
More attacks once morest groups of soldiers
Hezbollah also claimed seven other attacks once morest groups of soldiers and military positions in the north of the Jewish state, the most notable of which involved several drones attacking a barracks located regarding 15 kilometers from the common border.
According to a statement issued by the Shiite formation, its drones attacked the “headquarters of the Golani Brigade and the Egoz Unit 621 in the Shraga field, north of the occupied city of Acre,” one of the most remote points attacked since the start of the crossfire more than half a year ago.
These clashes are taking place in the context of the Gaza war and are the most serious between Hezbollah and Israel since their conflict in 2006.
*With information from EFE*
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2024-07-18 06:54:55
