Israel attacks Hezbollah military positions in Lebanon after repeated offensives against its territory

The Israeli Army today attacked militiamen and military positions of the Shiite group Hezbollah in Lebanon after several attacks on Israeli territory, while crossfire continues in the border area between Israel and that Arab country.

““Today numerous (rocket) launches were identified from Lebanon towards Israeli territory,” while Israel’s air defense system “successfully intercepted a suspicious aerial object that crossed Lebanon” in Israeli airspace, a military spokesman said in a statement, after anti-aircraft alarms sounded on several occasions in northern Israel.

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According to him, Israeli fighter jets “attacked” three terrorist squads in Lebanon” this Friday, while the Army also “attacked Hezbollah’s operational infrastructure” and its artillery carried out attacks against other locations.

The Israeli-Lebanese border is experiencing its greatest tension since the war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006, following the resurgence of aggression by pro-Palestinian militias the day after the start of the war between the Islamic group Hamas and Israel in Gaza , last October. 7.

Since the start of hostilities in the region, more than 171 deaths have been recorded: 13 in Israel – 9 soldiers and 4 civilians – and at least 159 in Lebanon, including 122 members of Hezbollah, 16 members of Palestinian militias, one soldier and 20 civilians – including three journalists and three children.

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Israel has sent more than 200,000 troops to its northern border, where the violence has also displaced thousands of residents: about 80,000 people have been evacuated from communities in northern Israel and more than 70,000 have fled from southern Lebanon.

Source: Elcomercio

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