Israeli aircraft bombed a three-story house in Jouaya, injuring six people, according to preliminary information obtained by This is Beirut. Ambulances were rushed to the scene. According to the Al Arabiya television channel, a member of Hezbollah, Salim Soufan, was killed.
In addition, several villages in the western sector were hit by flare bombs.
Hezbollah announced a series of bombardments “in retaliation” for the Israeli bombardments earlier in the day.
It first claimed responsibility for the bombardment, “with dozens of Katyusha rockets”, of the settlement of Kfar Blum, then of the settlement of Gesher Haziv “in retaliation for the death of a civilian” earlier in the day, as well as an Israeli army post at Birkat Richa.
The pro-Iranian group said it had targeted an Israeli army post in Birket Richa, killing and wounding soldiers, in retaliation for the previous day’s bombardment of the Bekaa.
During the day and afternoon of Tuesday, exchanges of fire continued between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
An Israeli drone targeted a motorbike in the town of Naqoura, fatally wounding a civilian working for the South Lebanon Water Board.
In addition, a drone attack targeted the “xpress” café in Naqoura, wounding the owner, and a missile was fired at an empty building in Kfarkila.
In the afternoon, the Israeli air force fired two missiles at Aïtaroun, one of which exploded, and carried out raids on Aïta el-Chaab and the region between Kafra and Deir Ames.In the same region, in Kafra, an Israeli drone targeted a car, injuring several people.
For its part, Hezbollah said it had fired dozens of Katyusha rockets at the headquarters of the artillery battalion and armoured brigade of the 210ᵉ Golan division in the Yaroun barracks.
Hezbollah also claimed responsibility for an attack on a building used by Israeli soldiers in the settlement of Metula, opposite the Lebanese village of Khiam.
In another statement, the pro-Iranian group said it had targeted a gathering of soldiers in the Baram forest with missiles, injuring some of them.
In the afternoon, the Israeli media reported fires caused by the impact of fragments of interceptor missiles. Alarm sirens went off in northern Israel following a rocket attack and a drone infiltration, while explosions were heard in the northern Galilee.
