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Two Hezbollah fighters and three others affiliated with its ally, the Amal Movement of Speaker Nabih Berri, were killed and two were injured in Israeli airstrikes on targets in South Lebanon on Friday evening.
The raids hit a house in Aita al-Shaab and a center of the Amal movement in Jdeidet Marjayoun.
Hezbollah and Amal announced the death of their combatants in two separate communiques.
As of Friday afternoon, hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel intensified, coinciding with the speech of the secretary-general of the pro-Iranian group, Hassan Nasrallah, to mark “Jerusalem Day” which falls on the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan.
An Israeli airstrike targeted a house in Kfar Kila near the Fatima Gate, causing damage to vehicles and quarters of Lebanese army personnel. Israel also carried out raids on houses in the villages of Tayr Harfa, Zaloutieh and Zebqine and on the outskirts of Yarine.
Furthermore, Israel bombed the area between Deir Mimas and Kfar Kila, as well as Bab Thanya in Khiam and Dhayra.
The Israeli army reported that one soldier was injured due to a rocket fired from South Lebanon at the settlement of Metula. According to Israeli media, alarm sirens sounded three times in the Upper Galilee, and a missile or drone fell in Manot, in western Galilee, causing material damage.
Moreover, a resident of Rmeish found an explosive device weighing about 12 kg on Friday morning, concealed in a plastic bag in a bucket near the Sky Plaza resort. A unit of the Lebanese army was called in to dismantle it.
For its part, Hezbollah declared that it targeted the Zarit barracks, the Yaroun position, a gathering of Israeli soldiers within the perimeter of the Manara position and another in a building in the Admit colony.
The pro-Iranian group also claimed responsibility for the attack carried out on Thursday night against Israeli soldiers and vehicles moving towards the Malkiya site.
The raids hit a house in Aita al-Shaab and a center of the Amal movement in Jdeidet Marjayoun.
Hezbollah and Amal announced the death of their combatants in two separate communiques.
As of Friday afternoon, hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel intensified, coinciding with the speech of the secretary-general of the pro-Iranian group, Hassan Nasrallah, to mark “Jerusalem Day” which falls on the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan.
An Israeli airstrike targeted a house in Kfar Kila near the Fatima Gate, causing damage to vehicles and quarters of Lebanese army personnel. Israel also carried out raids on houses in the villages of Tayr Harfa, Zaloutieh and Zebqine and on the outskirts of Yarine.
Furthermore, Israel bombed the area between Deir Mimas and Kfar Kila, as well as Bab Thanya in Khiam and Dhayra.
The Israeli army reported that one soldier was injured due to a rocket fired from South Lebanon at the settlement of Metula. According to Israeli media, alarm sirens sounded three times in the Upper Galilee, and a missile or drone fell in Manot, in western Galilee, causing material damage.
Moreover, a resident of Rmeish found an explosive device weighing about 12 kg on Friday morning, concealed in a plastic bag in a bucket near the Sky Plaza resort. A unit of the Lebanese army was called in to dismantle it.
For its part, Hezbollah declared that it targeted the Zarit barracks, the Yaroun position, a gathering of Israeli soldiers within the perimeter of the Manara position and another in a building in the Admit colony.
The pro-Iranian group also claimed responsibility for the attack carried out on Thursday night against Israeli soldiers and vehicles moving towards the Malkiya site.
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