The area around the government hospital in Mays al-Jabal was targeted early Saturday evening by Israeli artillery bombardment. No casualties were reported.

Simultaneously, thermal balloons were launched on wooded areas, causing a fire.

In addition, Israeli raids targeted Qouzah, where a house on the outskirts of the village was hit. Ambulances were dispatched to the scene in search of any wounded.

Israeli artillery also targeted the outskirts of Yarine, Jebbayn, Dhayra, Blida and Mays al-Jabal.

Earlier on Saturday, Bayt Lif was targeted by an Israeli raid.

For its part, Hezbollah announced that it had attacked Israeli military positions west of the settlement of Shomera.

On the Israeli side, the army announced that “Israeli warplanes bombed a Hezbollah military installation in Rihan and a military building in Kfar Kila.”

According to Israeli media, rocket fire from Lebanon towards the Galilee panhandle was reported. Similarly, a suspicious body was intercepted in the skies over Manara in the Galilee, while alarm sirens sounded repeatedly in several settlements in northern Israel.

An Israeli army official was quoted by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation as saying that “the way out of the Hezbollah trap is escalation, with a view to appeasement” later.