Israel strikes Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon amid renewed fighting on northern border

The Israeli military said it carried out the attack on Thursday teams in southern Lebanon Amid clashes in the region following a drone strike from a neighboring country, which was unleashed after an attack by the Islamic State Movement (Hamas) on October 7.

After troops identified and attacked “two anti-tank terrorist cells” in Lebanese territory during the day, Israeli warplanes “attacked Hezbollah’s infrastructure tonight in response to earlier missiles fired into its territory,” a military spokesman said in a statement.

Israeli forces “hit terrorist targets using artillery and ‘Iron Sting’ guided mortar shells,” the same source added. On the other hand, tonight Lebanese militia also fired an anti-tank missile at Israel, after which Israeli troops “They hit the origin of the missile with cannons.”

In turn, during the day, militants “shot down an unmanned aerial device of the Israeli army” in the area of ​​Seba Farms, an area disputed by Israel and Lebanon.

After that, an Israeli drone “reached the source of the fire and Israeli soldiers responded with artillery fire,” the army added.

Troops fired artillery to “eliminate the threat” “after an unusual sighting in the Stula area,” a military spokesman said.

The border between Lebanon and Israel has seen numerous clashes since October 7 between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah.

Thus, the General Secretary of the Committee, Hasan NasrallahHe insisted on Friday that “all options are on the table” to act against Israel.

All this comes as tensions and armed clashes continue with daily intensity for more than a month in southern Lebanon and northern Israel, where tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from towns on both sides of the border.

In the region, the Jewish state is already engaged in a bloody 34-day war against two Palestinian militants in Lebanon linked to the Islamist group Hamas, or Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah.

Hams left about the attacks 1,400 Israelis were killed and 240 kidnapped. Authorities in the Islamic State-controlled Strip have killed more than 10,500 Palestinians. Similarly, in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Israeli military operations and settler attacks have killed more than 170 people since October 7.

At least 90 deaths have been reported since the fighting began on October 8, a day after the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began: 9 -7 soldiers and 2 civilians in Israel-; and at least 81 in Lebanon, including 60 members of Hezbollah, 8 Palestinian militants and 13 civilians.

On Wednesday, at least three members of the Hezbollah terror group were neutral in an Israeli military airstrike near the Syrian capital, Damascus.

There were attacks against the city AgrabahA military airfield is ten kilometers to the west Damascus International AirportAnd against the area between Al Sayeda Zainab and Agrabah, the armed group’s fighters died and three unknown nationals were wounded. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

(with information from Europa Press and EFE)