A farmer from the village of Al-Mari was slightly injured on Monday afternoon during an Israeli bombardment of the village’s border. The farmer, identified by his initials, G.A., was working on his land, and his farm machinery was also damaged.
An air raid targeted a house in Aitaroun, where two guided missiles caused considerable material damage. Other attacks targeted the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab.
A guided missile landed in an open area between Aitaroun and Blida, causing no injuries. Israeli artillery intermittently targeted the outskirts of the Yaroun forest, as well as the villages of Aitaroun and Blida.
Surveillance aircraft flew over the western and central sectors of southern Lebanon, and flares were fired at villages in both sectors, reaching the outskirts of Mansouri and Majdel Zoun.
On Monday evening, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack on Kiryat Shmona, stating that it was a “retort” to the Israeli bombardment of Aita al-Shaab, where the funeral of a Hezbollah fighter, Hassan Maan Srour, took place on Monday morning.
Hezbollah declared its intention to retaliate in the same way against any attack on civilians. The group also claimed to have bombarded two Iron Dome platforms in the Capri settlement with artillery.
Israeli army spokesman, Avichay Adraee, reported that “air force fighter jets hit several targets” belonging to Hezbollah, including “infrastructure, a projectile-launching site, and a military building.”
The Israeli army also claimed to have attacked saboteurs earlier in the day in an area where Hezbollah usually operates, according to a post on the platform X. The Israeli army further stated that they “bombarded with artillery several sources of missile fire from Lebanon,” triggering alarm sirens in northern Israel.
This recent escalation occurred as French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna visited Beirut, discussing ways to avoid further escalation in southern Lebanon with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, as well as caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. “Since my last visit, the clashes have increased in intensity. This cannot go on,” she stressed.
This is Colonna’s second visit to Beirut. She came in mid-October after the Hamas attack on Israel and the Israeli counter-offensive on October 7.
