On Sunday evening, the Israeli army dropped illuminating bombs over the border villages of Mays al-Jabal, Al-Mari, Houla and Al-Majidiyah. Earlier, artillery shelling targeted Yarin, Bustan and Wadi Ouaid.
Late on Sunday afternoon, Hezbollah announced that its armed elements had attacked the Bayad Blidah and Al-Malikiya sites with artillery shells and guided missiles, causing injuries to members of the Israeli army. In response, the Israeli army announced that it had attacked a Hezbollah infrastructure after spotting an attempt to launch anti-tank missiles near Al-Malikiya.
Moreover, a large fire broke out near the Al-Manara settlement opposite the town of Mays al-Jabal. Meanwhile, Israeli bombing raids targeted the towns of Blida and Aytaroun, while unmanned Israeli reconnaissance planes carried out intensive overflights in Lebanese airspace, reaching the regions of Tyre and Nabatiyeh.
The border town of Al-Bustan was also hit by three artillery shells from Israel, preceded by an explosion that was heard throughout the region.
The National News Agency (NNA) also announced that the Lebanese Red Cross and UNIFIL “repatriated the bodies” of the fighters who were hit by an enemy strike. This is Beirut learned that they found six bodies near the town of Ramyah.
Hezbollah announced the deaths of seven more militants as clashes along the Lebanese-Israeli border intensified, and it reported the deaths of 25 of its militants since Hamas’ “Al-Aqsa Flood” in southern Israel started. At least six militants from Hamas and another militant group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and at least four civilians died in the near-daily hostilities since October 7 in Lebanon.
These confrontations were the continuation of a long day of rocket and shell exchanges along the Blue Line between Israel and Hezbollah in the midst of several statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli army spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, on Hezbollah’s escalation. Meanwhile, Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has not made any comment yet.
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