Clashes broke out again on the border between Israel and Lebanon. Israeli military fighter jets attacked the “terrorist infrastructure” of the Shiite militia Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli army announced on Wednesday night. Targets included Hezbollah weapons and positions.
According to the army, rockets were fired from Lebanon at Israel in the previous days. There have been increasing clashes on the Israeli-Lebanese border since the start of the war in Gaza. There have been deaths on both sides. Hezbollah has links to the Islamist group Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip.
Night fighting in the Gaza Strip
Night fighting has also been reported in the Gaza Strip by the terrorist organization Hamas. The militants used machine guns and anti-tank missiles to engage in battles with Israeli forces who “entered the southern axis of Gaza”, said the statement from al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.
Hamas said it also fired rockets at two Israeli tanks and bulldozers in the northwest of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military initially did not comment. However, Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari announced that night that an intruder from the Gaza Strip was caught five kilometers inland and shot dead during an attempt to arrest him. The incident occurred at an intersection near Kibbutz Re’im, near which the Supernova festival massacre took place on October 7, in which around 260 visitors were killed and many others were taken hostage in the Gaza Strip.
House on fire in the West Bank
A new incident was also reported in the West Bank. Jewish settlers set fire to a house in a village south of Hebron last night, Haaretz said online. The US State Department had called on Israel the day before to end violence by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank against Palestinians. Measures must be taken to protect Palestinian residents.