The Israeli army announced at dawn on Friday that its forces were launching raids in Lebanon, following the launch of a barrage of rockets from Lebanese territory, in an attack that Israel attributed to Palestinian activists.
The army said in a brief statement, “The Israeli Defense Forces are currently carrying out strikes in Lebanon, details will come later“.
- Later, the Israeli army said it had carried out strikes on Hamas targets in southern Lebanon.
Sky News Arabia correspondent indicated that the Israeli warplanes raided southern Lebanon, and two explosions were heard between Tire and Naqoura, but the targeted areas have not yet been identified.
The French News Agency said that at least three explosions sounded at dawn on Friday in the Tire region in southern Lebanon, coinciding with the announcement by Israel that its forces had launched raids in Lebanon in response to the launch of a barrage of rockets Thursday towards its territory, which it accused Palestinian groups of being behind.
A rocket fell, according to an AFP photographer, on the roof of a farmer’s house in one of the orchards near the Rashidieh refugee camp, located south of Tyre, close to the area from which the rockets were launched towards Israel, causing material damage but no casualties.
