As tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East, dozens of rockets were fired from Lebanon toward Israeli territory in the late hours of Thursday (local time), CNN reported citing the Israel Defence Forces.
The IDF said that only five of the barrage of rockets could enter Israel, and there are no reports of damage or injuries.
Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the rocket fire on Western Galilee, marking its first attack in over 48 hours since the killing of the group’s military chief in Beirut, according to Times of Israel. In a statement, Hezbollah claimed to have launched dozens of rockets at the northern border community of Metzuba in retaliation for an Israeli strike on the Lebanese village of Chamaa earlier that day.
The strike in Chamaa reportedly resulted in the deaths of four Syrians and injuries to several Lebanese civilians.
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In response, the Israeli forces targeted a Hezbollah rocket launcher in southern Lebanon’s Yater, which was being used to fire rockets at Western Galilee that evening, Times of Israel reported. The IDF noted that several rockets from the attack were intercepted by air defenses, while others landed in open areas.
The IDF stated that, shortly after the attack, the launcher in Yater was struck. Earlier in the day, the IDF had also shelled areas near southern Lebanon’s Rmeish and Ramyeh with artillery to “remove threats.”
“Following the alerts that were activated at 21:44 in the Western Galilee area, a number of launches were detected that crossed from Lebanon; some were intercepted, and the rest fell in open areas. There were no casualties,” the IDF said in a post on X. “In a rapid closing of the circle, fighter jets of the Air Force attacked the launcher of the Hezbollah terrorist organization from which the launches from the Yatar area in southern Lebanon were detected,” it added.
Tensions in the region have further intensified after Israel killed top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, which it said was in retaliation for an attack in the Golan Heights that killed 12 children. Fuad Shukr, the “most senior Hezbollah military commander,” was killed in the Israeli strike, according to the IDF.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) also announced that Hamas military wing commander Mohammed Deif had been killed in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip on July 13.
On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that his nation has delivered “crushing blows” to its enemies in recent days. This statement followed the deaths of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr.
Israel’s confirmation regarding Deif came a day after Hamas’ political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was reported killed in an attack in Iran’s capital, Tehran, according to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday.
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