The powerful Hezbollah said on Tuesday that it had fired a new volley of rockets against an Israeli military base for the second consecutive day in response to Israeli airstrikes the previous day in eastern Lebanon.
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Israel announced on Monday that it had attacked Hezbollah positions in Baalbeck (east) for the first time since the start of the war in Gaza, killing two fighters.
In a statement Tuesday morning, Hezbollah claimed it had “attacked the Meron air control base” in northern Israel with a large barrage of rockets.
He reiterated that this operation took place “in response to Israeli aggression on the outskirts of Baalbeck.”
The powerful pro-Iran Islamist group announced on Monday evening that it had fired 60 rockets at an Israeli army base in the occupied Golan Heights in retaliation for Israeli attacks.
The Baalbeck region in the Bekaa Valley on the border with Syria is a stronghold of Hezbollah, which has a significant military presence there.
Since the start of the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, the Islamist Hezbollah has attacked Israeli military positions daily in support of its Palestinian ally.
Israel carries out attacks on border villages and targeted operations against Hezbollah officials.
According to an AFP count, at least 284 people have been killed in more than four months, most of them fighters from Hezbollah and allied groups, as well as about 44 civilians.
According to the army, ten soldiers and six civilians were killed on the Israeli side.