Editor-DN
Israel-Gaza war continues since October 7, 2023 (File)
Beirut:
Hezbollah forces resumed rocket and artillery attacks on Israel on Friday, ending a border standoff after Israel killed the Lebanese group’s military commander in Beirut.
Hezbollah said it fired a surface-to-air missile at an Israeli warplane flying in Lebanese airspace overnight, forcing it to turn back. It said its forces also carried out two artillery strikes and two rocket attacks on military positions in northern Israel.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it had successfully intercepted an airstrike coming from Lebanon towards the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Israeli airstrikes and artillery hit several villages in southern Lebanon on Friday, Lebanese state media reported, a day after an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon killed at least five Syrian migrant workers, according to medical experts. After
The Israeli military also said it had targeted two Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah leader Seyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech on Thursday that he had ordered peace on the border after an Israeli airstrike killed military commander Fawad Shukar in Beirut on Tuesday and had considered it. What should be the next steps?
An Iranian military adviser and five civilians were also killed in the attack on the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiya in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Nasrallah said Hezbollah would retaliate but would need to study what their response would be, and would otherwise resume its usual military operations against Israel.
Hezbollah and the Israeli military have been exchanging fire for nearly 10 months in parallel with the Gaza war, with exchanges mostly confined to the border area.
But strikes since last week threaten to turn the conflict into a full-scale regional war.
Israel and the United States have accused Hezbollah of a July 27 rocket attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 youths, a claim Hezbollah denies.
The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, told Reuters on Friday that it had not investigated the incident because the Israeli-occupied Golan is outside its mandated area of operations.
(Other than the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Your blog is a breath of fresh air in the often stagnant world of online content. Your thoughtful analysis and insightful commentary never fail to leave a lasting impression. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us.