The Israeli army claimed this Tuesday to have carried out artillery strikes against southern Lebanon in response to new shots fired by the Shiite militia party Hezbollah, amid clashes that erupted following attacks by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on October 7. . It stated that after a “starting signal” from the south of the country against the city of Metula, it attacked “several areas on Lebanese territory”. “He fell in an open field,” he said, then stressed that the military had “attacked the source of the shots,” without commenting on the victims. It then confirmed a bomb attack against “a terrorist group” in that area of the neighboring country, as well as new attacks with tanks against Hezbollah’s “terrorist infrastructure” and interception by the “Iron Dome” air defense system. “an enemy aircraft” in its airspace. Targets bombed by the Israeli Air Force include “military buildings,” “a weapons depot,” and “a launch point” for Lebanese party militia projectiles. On the other hand, he emphasized that the anti-aircraft alarm was triggered in the north of the country after the drone was intercepted “out of fear of falling debris.” Hezbollah, for its part, confirmed in a statement an attack “with appropriate weapons” on the city of Metula in the last hours, while emphasizing that there are Israeli soldiers who were wounded, without Israel commenting on this, as already mentioned by Lebanese television station Al Manar, which is affiliated with the group. The party militia led by Hasan Nasrallah also pointed out that on Monday it carried out “operations” against “bases and staging points of the enemy army” in the “eastern and western parts of the border with Palestine,” as it has been conducting “operations” in Turkey since 2010 ” against “bases and staging points of the enemy army” did not recognize the existence of Israel. In another sense, Al Manar has denounced the destruction of its offices in the Gaza Strip by a bomb attack by the Israeli army on some towers in Gaza City (north), without there being any information about deaths so far and without Israel commenting on this Theme. Hezbollah, a group backed by Iranian authorities, has been engaged in fighting with the Israeli army following attacks by Hamas in what it describes as operations supporting Palestinian armed groups. The situation has raised fears of the conflict spreading to neighboring Lebanon and even the entire region.
