Israeli fighter jets launched strikes shortly after midnight on Sunday. They targeted a vacant warehouse in the town of Sefri in the Baalbeck district and strategic positions along the eastern Lebanese mountain range near the outskirts of Janta, close to the Lebanese-Syrian border, without causing human casualties.
Israel announced that the strikes were "in retaliation for the attack in which an Israel Defense Forces drone was shot down" by a surface-to-air missile on Saturday.
Hezbollah had previously declared the "interception and downing of an armed drone (Hermes 450) over Lebanese territory," only to later amend its statement, clarifying that "the Israeli aircraft brought down was a Hermes 900."
Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee stated in a post on the X platform, "The Defense Forces conducted operations deep within Lebanon in the Baalbeck area tonight, targeting three facilities associated with Hezbollah’s air defense unit."
He elaborated, "Last night, fighter jets executed strikes against a military compound and three additional facilities linked to the Hezbollah air defense unit in the Baalbeck region, as retaliation for the downing of an Air Force drone operating in Lebanese airspace the previous day."
In subsequent events in the South, the Israeli military initiated heavy machine-gun fire on Sunday morning towards Jabal al-Labounneh and al-Alam mountains in the western sector from their positions at al-Labouna.
On Saturday night, the Israeli military deployed flares over the villages in the western and central sectors, extending to the outskirts of the towns of al-Mansouri, Majdal Zoun and al-Shaitieh.
The ongoing cross-border confrontations culminated in the deaths of at least 349 individuals in Lebanon, predominantly Hezbollah combatants, and including at least 68 civilians, as per an AFP compilation.
Israel announced that the strikes were "in retaliation for the attack in which an Israel Defense Forces drone was shot down" by a surface-to-air missile on Saturday.
Hezbollah had previously declared the "interception and downing of an armed drone (Hermes 450) over Lebanese territory," only to later amend its statement, clarifying that "the Israeli aircraft brought down was a Hermes 900."
Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee stated in a post on the X platform, "The Defense Forces conducted operations deep within Lebanon in the Baalbeck area tonight, targeting three facilities associated with Hezbollah’s air defense unit."
He elaborated, "Last night, fighter jets executed strikes against a military compound and three additional facilities linked to the Hezbollah air defense unit in the Baalbeck region, as retaliation for the downing of an Air Force drone operating in Lebanese airspace the previous day."
In subsequent events in the South, the Israeli military initiated heavy machine-gun fire on Sunday morning towards Jabal al-Labounneh and al-Alam mountains in the western sector from their positions at al-Labouna.
On Saturday night, the Israeli military deployed flares over the villages in the western and central sectors, extending to the outskirts of the towns of al-Mansouri, Majdal Zoun and al-Shaitieh.
The ongoing cross-border confrontations culminated in the deaths of at least 349 individuals in Lebanon, predominantly Hezbollah combatants, and including at least 68 civilians, as per an AFP compilation.
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