Israel announced on Tuesday that it was preparing for “all war scenarios” on its border with Lebanon as attacks intensified by the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, which attacked a Greek Orthodox church in northern Israel today, leaving 11 injured, including two civilians.
“We are preparing for all scenarios if a diplomatic solution to Hezbollah's constant violations is not found “U.N. Security Council resolution” issued after the 2006 war between the Shiite group and Israel, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said at a news conference.
“If Hezbollah continues, You accept the consequences and responsibility for the results. “The Israel Defense Forces have responded and will continue to respond. Hezbollah is trying to drag Lebanon and the region into the war that Hamas started,” he added.
Hezbollah fired an anti-tank missile from Lebanon on Tuesday that hit a Greek Orthodox church in northern Israel, in which “two Israeli Christians were injured,” Hagari reported.
“As Israeli troops arrived to evacuate the wounded, Hezbollah fired another rocket against the church, injuring nine of our soldiers,” he added.
Previously, An army spokesman reported this attack in the Iqrit regionand assured that one of the soldiers had serious injuries, while the others had minor or moderate injuries.
“Shortly after Hezbollah deliberately attacked the church, it launched an attack against Israel from a point near a mosque in Lebanon,” it said The Shiite group “commits war crimes by indiscriminately shooting at places of worship, just like Hamas,” he added.
Earlier, an army spokesman said that “the terrorist who shot (at the church) fled and hid in a building” and that Israeli forces had attacked that building.
This Tuesday, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for nine attacks against various Israeli army positions on the border between the two countries. in retaliation for the “ongoing Israeli bombings of homes and land in villages in southern Lebanon.”
The Israeli-Lebanese border is experiencing the greatest tension since the war that Hezbollah and Israel were fighting in 2006after aggression by pro-Palestinian militias increased the day after the war between the Islamist group Hamas and Israel broke out in the Gaza Strip on October 7.
On the same Tuesday, Israel attacked Hezbollah positions Several cross-attacks broke out on a new day after a surface-to-air missile was fired from Lebanese territory against an Israeli aircraft that was not hit.
Aside from that, Israeli aircraft and tanks attacked Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon after firing several projectiles from that country towards Har Dov in northern Israel.
This Tuesday the death of an Israeli sergeant, Daniel Nachmani, 21, was announced.who was injured last Friday in a Hezbollah attack that left one soldier dead.
Since the beginning of hostilities in the region More than 168 deaths have been recorded: thirteen in Israel – nine soldiers and four civilians – and at least 156 in Lebanon, including 121 members of Hezbollah, 16 members of Palestinian militias, one soldier and 18 civilians – including three journalists and three children.
Israel has more than 200,000 troops stationed on its northern borderwhere violence has also led to the displacement of thousands of residents: About 80,000 people have been evacuated from communities in northern Israel and more than 70,000 have fled southern Lebanon.