Rocket alert in northern Israel - Hezbollah: Drones and 200 rockets fired
According to the Israeli army, the high-ranking Hezbollah commander in question was the commander of the Asis Unit of the militia, "responsible for shelling Israeli territory from the southwestern Lebanon."
The military announced that, in response to Hezbollah's shelling, targets in South Lebanon would be put in the crosshairs. After "numerous projectiles and suspicious aerial targets from Lebanon" landed on Israeli territory, the Israeli forces would now launch "strikes in South Lebanon." The military added that most of the projectiles fired from Lebanon had been intercepted. However, fires had broken out in some areas in Northern Israel.
The radical Islamic Hezbollah militia in Lebanon has been attacking Northern Israel since the start of the war between Israel and the radical Islamic Hamas in the Gaza Strip with rockets and drones. Israel reacts to the shelling with increased attacks on Hezbollah positions in South Lebanon.
According to an AFP count, at least 495 people have been killed in the fighting on the Lebanese side since October. Most of them were fighters, but 95 civilians were also killed. At least 15 soldiers and 11 civilians have been killed on the Israeli side of the border, according to official reports.
The Iran-backed and militarily aligned with the radical Islamic Hamas Shia militia Hezbollah controls the area right behind Israel's northern border. Given threats from both sides, fears of escalation had grown in the past few days.
- The Israeli army accused the commander of Hezbollah's Asis Unit, responsible for shelling Israeli territory from southwestern Lebanon, of being a high-ranking militia figure.
- In response to Hezbollah's shelling, the military declared that targets in South Lebanon would be under attack.
- After numerous projectiles and suspicious aerial targets from Lebanon landed on Israeli territory, the Israeli forces launched strikes in South Lebanon.
- Israel's response to Hezbollah's shelling includes increased attacks on Hezbollah positions in the South Lebanon region.
- The Iran-backed Hezbollah, militarily aligned with radical Islamic Hamas, controls the area right behind Israel's northern border, which has raised concerns of escalation.
- The radical Islamic Hamas in the Gaza Strip has been launching rockets and drones towards Northern Israel, contributing to the ongoing conflict.
- The Israeli forces intercepted most of the projectiles fired from Lebanon, but fires had broken out in some areas in Northern Israel, according to the military.
- There have been reports of a significant number of casualties on both sides in the ongoing conflict, with at least 15 soldiers and 11 civilians killed on Israel's side.
- The radical Islamic Hezbollah militia has been using drones in their attacks on Israel, including a reported death of two Israeli soldiers due to a drone strike in 2006 in the Golan Heights.
