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The southern front was cautiously calm on Thursday afternoon, following heavy Israeli bombardment from dawn onward.
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Late in the day, a large fire broke out in Wadi Hamoul, on the outskirts of Naqoura in the caza of Tyre, and forest fires flared up in Yaroun after the Israeli Army fired phosphorus shells at these localities.
Wadi Hassan on the outskirts of Jebbayn, Kfar Kila, Bab al-Thaniyah, Marouahine, Aitaroun, Khiam, and the outskirts of al-Tiri and Shebaa were also bombed by Israeli artillery. In Khiam, several buildings and roads were damaged.
On the Israeli side, alarm sirens went off in Shomerah and Zar'it in the western Galilee, and in Manara in the eastern sector of the border with Lebanon.
According to Israeli radio, “a building in the Upper Galilee town of Zarit was damaged by a rocket fired from Lebanon.”
Eight Retaliatory Operations by Hezbollah
Meanwhile, Hezbollah retaliated following successive Israeli strikes against villages in the south and the deaths of several citizens.
In several communiqués, the pro-Iranian group announced that it had targeted eight Israeli positions on Thursday, including those in Al-Marj, Al-Malkiya, spy installations in the Jal al-Alam site, and gatherings of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Metula site.
It also claimed to have attacked a gathering of soldiers near the Israeli position of Al-Ghajar “with appropriate weapons, hitting it directly and killing and wounding its members,” as well as in Kiryat Shmona. This is the second time since the outbreak of war with Israel on October 8, 2023, that the pro-Iranian group has targeted this position. This morning, it claimed responsibility for an attack on the Branit barracks.
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Late in the day, a large fire broke out in Wadi Hamoul, on the outskirts of Naqoura in the caza of Tyre, and forest fires flared up in Yaroun after the Israeli Army fired phosphorus shells at these localities.
Wadi Hassan on the outskirts of Jebbayn, Kfar Kila, Bab al-Thaniyah, Marouahine, Aitaroun, Khiam, and the outskirts of al-Tiri and Shebaa were also bombed by Israeli artillery. In Khiam, several buildings and roads were damaged.
On the Israeli side, alarm sirens went off in Shomerah and Zar'it in the western Galilee, and in Manara in the eastern sector of the border with Lebanon.
According to Israeli radio, “a building in the Upper Galilee town of Zarit was damaged by a rocket fired from Lebanon.”
Eight Retaliatory Operations by Hezbollah
Meanwhile, Hezbollah retaliated following successive Israeli strikes against villages in the south and the deaths of several citizens.
In several communiqués, the pro-Iranian group announced that it had targeted eight Israeli positions on Thursday, including those in Al-Marj, Al-Malkiya, spy installations in the Jal al-Alam site, and gatherings of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Metula site.
It also claimed to have attacked a gathering of soldiers near the Israeli position of Al-Ghajar “with appropriate weapons, hitting it directly and killing and wounding its members,” as well as in Kiryat Shmona. This is the second time since the outbreak of war with Israel on October 8, 2023, that the pro-Iranian group has targeted this position. This morning, it claimed responsibility for an attack on the Branit barracks.
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