Continuous fire exchange prevailed on the southern border on Tuesday. Hezbollah announced the death of one of its fighters, Sadiq Atef Atwi. Atwi was killed earlier in the day in an Israeli drone attack on a delivery van passing in the locality of Shaqra, heading to Wadi Saluki.
Israeli artillery shelled the outskirts of Khiam, Hula and Aita al-Shaab, in addition to seven other localities in the district of Marjayoun. A fire broke out after intense phosphorous shelling on the Markaba forest. A house on the outskirts of Kfarchouba was hit by two shells and the shelling towards Kfar Hammam damaged the electricity network in one part of the town.
Moreover, the Israeli army targeted olive groves in Blida with heavy machine gun rounds, causing a fire, as warplanes raided the village of Tallouseh.
For its part, Hezbollah announced “targeting Kiryat Shmona with dozens of Katyusha missiles,” and “the headquarters of al-Sahel battalion in the Beit Hillel barracks with Falaq rockets.” The pro-Iranian group also launched an air attack with a squadron of drones on Mount Neria base, “a headquarters currently occupied by Golani Brigade forces.” The Hezb claimed “achieving direct hits and causing injuries.”
In this context, the Israeli fire service affirmed that eight teams had been assigned to extinguish fires that broke out in the Galilee, caused by rockets and missiles launched from Lebanon.
