Tel Aviv: 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 Israel Defence Forces. The IDF stated that only five of the rockets from the barrage entered Israeli territory, and there are no reports of damage or injuries.
According to the Times of Israel, Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for the rocket fire on Western Galilee, marking its first attack in over 48 hours since the killing of the terror group’s military chief in Beirut. According to an ANI report, Hezbollah stated that it launched dozens of rockets at the northern border community of Metzuba in retaliation for an Israeli strike on the Lebanese village of Chamaa earlier today. The strike in Chamaa reportedly killed four Syrians and wounded several Lebanese civilians.
In response, the Israeli forces struck a Hezbollah rocket launcher in southern Lebanon’s Yater, which was being used to fire a barrage at the Western Galilee this evening, as reported by Times of Israel. As per the IDF, several rockets launched in the attack this evening were intercepted by air defences, while others impacted open areas.
The IDF says that a short while after the attack, the launcher in Yater was struck. Earlier today, the IDF said it also shelled areas near southern Lebanon’s Rmeish and Ramyeh with artillery to “remove threats.”
Sharing a post on X, the Israel Defense Forces(IDF) said, “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 of them were intercepted and the rest fell in open areas, there were no casualties.” “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,” the post further reads.
Tensions have further escalated in the region after Israel killed top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, which it said was in retaliation to the attack at Golan Heights killing 12 children. The IDF announced in a statement that Fuad Shukr, the “most senior Hezbollah military commander,” was killed in the Israeli strike.
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. Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his nation has delivered “crushing blows” to enemies in the last few days. He made the remarks hours after the deaths of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr. Israel’s confirmation regarding Deif comes a day after Hamas’ political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an attack in Iran’s capital, Tehran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday.
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