Following a relatively calm morning, bombardments resumed in southern Lebanon on Friday afternoon.
Three Israeli missiles were fired at the town of Dhayra, while a raid targeted Rab al-Thalatin, causing no injuries.
For its part, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for attacks on Israeli positions in Sammaka.
The pro-Iranian group also claimed that its air defense units fired anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli warplanes inside Lebanese airspace on Thursday night. This forced the latter to withdraw behind the Lebanese border.
Hezb also claimed responsibility for firing a dozen Katyusha missiles at a settlement in northern Israel, in retaliation for Thursday’s strike on Chamaa, which killed five people and wounded several others.
According to information relayed by the Israeli daily Israel Hayom, three Israeli MPs, members of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, warned the Israeli government against a ground incursion into Lebanon, citing the possibility of “a tragic failure.”
This warning comes amid concerns about a possible extension of the war in the region, following the consecutive Israeli attacks on Beirut and Tehran. Since Wednesday, Iran and its regional allies, including Hezbollah, have been threatening to retaliate in a studied manner.
At the same time, the Israeli army and Channel 12 announced that alarm sirens were going off in the Upper Galilee.
In this context, the Israeli daily Maariv reported that local authorities began opening shelters in several Israeli towns on Friday morning, due to the threat of an “imminent” attack from Iran.
