Hezbollah announced in a statement on Saturday evening that it had shot down an armed Israeli army Elbit Hermes 450 drone over Lebanese territory. This information was confirmed later that evening by the Israeli army, which stated that the pro-Iranian formation had used a surface-to-air missile.
Additionally, a civilian who was injured in a raid on Yarin on Tuesday has passed away.
Tensions remained high on the southern front from Friday through Saturday evening.
According to local channel MTV, the Amal Movement has retaliated against the Israeli army’s attacks on southern villages and the killing of three of its members in the Marjayoun raid by targeting, with rockets, the Adamit barracks as well as the settlements of Eilon and Goren. However, Amal did not officially claim any attack.
During the day, a Merkava tank directly targeted a house in Yarine al-Fawqa in the western sector.
Around noon on Saturday, Israeli warplanes conducted a raid near Qal’at al-Shaqif, hitting it with two missiles and causing an explosion that echoed throughout Nabatieh. Reports suggested that the raid targeted a house in Nabatieh, resulting in no casualties. The outskirts of Yahmar al-Shaqif were also targeted.
Israeli warplanes also raided Tayr Harfa and fired two missiles, targeting a house in al-Yousef, with no reported casualties. Additionally, an airstrike targeted the Labbouneh area, while Wadi Hamoul-al-Naqoura and Rmeish faced artillery shelling.
At dawn, the town of Khiam faced heavy artillery and phosphorus shelling, while the Hammames Hill and the Marjayoun plain were also targeted with artillery shelling. Israeli forces opened heavy machine gun fire towards the outskirts of the towns of Ramya and Aita al-Shaab from their positions adjacent to Aita al-Shaab.
In response, Hezbollah announced in a statement that it had targeted a gathering of soldiers near the Shomera and Shtula barracks. The pro-Iranian group also targeted the Malkiya position with a Burkan missile, along with the Jal al-Alam post. Furthermore, soldiers positioned between the site and the Shlomi settlement were hit with Burkan missiles.
