2023-12-02 12:58:12
Israeli forces and militants from the Lebanese Hezbollah group exchanged fire across the border between Israel and Lebanon on Saturday, on the second day of renewed violence in the Gaza Strip after the collapse of the truce between Hamas and Israel.
Hezbollah said in a statement that one of its fighters was killed, but did not specify when. The official Lebanese News Agency reported that three people were killed in southern Lebanon as a result of Israeli bombing yesterday, Friday. Hezbollah said that two of them were its fighters.
Hezbollah also stated that it fired shells at an Israeli position.
The Israeli army said that two mortar shells were fired from Lebanon and landed in two open areas in Shomrah, on the opposite side of the border from the town of Marwahin in southern Lebanon. The army added that it responded by attacking the launch site and other places in southern Lebanon.
A spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) told Archyde.com earlier today that an Israeli bombing hit a place near the force’s headquarters near the coastal town of Naqoura and around the border town of Rmeish.
The Israeli army said that it carried out a bombing near Naqoura after observing “unusual activity” in the area.
UNIFIL forces also detected gunfire at 11 a.m. local time (09:00 GMT) from the Tayr Harfa area, which is approximately a mile from the border towards Israel.
Following the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, Hezbollah launched almost daily missile attacks on Israeli positions on the border, while Israel launched air and artillery bombardment on southern Lebanon, but the border was largely calm during the week-long truce. In the Gaza war.
Just over 100 people were killed in Lebanon during the violence, 83 of whom were Hezbollah fighters. Tens of thousands of residents fled on both sides of the border.
TRT Arabic – Agencies
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