Intermittent exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army continued throughout the day in southern Lebanon on Friday.
Late in the day, Israeli aircraft launched air strikes on the outskirts of the village of Zebqine in the western sector. A drone then targeted the same area, and artillery bombarded the plains of Marjayoun and Kfar Kila. The town of Yaroun was also struck by a guided missile. In the evening, Israeli warplanes attacked the village of Tayr Harfa.
At dawn, Israeli warplanes had carried out a series of raids on the outskirts of the villages of Zebqine, Naqoura and Wadi Hamoul in the western sector, causing extensive damage to property, crops and surrounding forests. The Israeli army also fired several mortar shells at the outskirts of the town of Aita al-Shaab. The outskirts of the villages of Naqoura and Alma al-Shaab were the target of Israeli artillery fire.
The Israeli army’s Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, stated on X that “readiness on the northern front has been stepped up; the Galilee Division (91) carried out a joint maneuver with police forces and other security agencies.”
For its part, in a series of communiqués, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for strikes on the Zabdin barracks and on deployments of Israeli soldiers in Horsh Baram and Metula.
