On Sunday, tensions between Hezbollah and Israel escalated on the southern front.
In the early evening, Hezbollah announced that it had launched drones to attack the command headquarters of the Military Gathering Battalion in the Golan Division at the Yarden barracks, resulting in casualties and injuries. However, Israeli media reported that five Israelis were injured, though only slightly, due to a drone from Lebanon falling in the Golan Heights.
Earlier on Sunday morning, four people were reported injured in Odaisseh and Rab al-Thalathin. Some residents who had gone to inspect their homes in the area were caught off guard by Israeli artillery shelling. Two houses in Alma al-Shaab and the outskirts of Kfarchouba were targeted by an Israeli Merkava tank. A house in Hula caught fire as a result of Israeli artillery bombardment. Israeli artillery also targeted the localities of Kfar Kila, Shebaa, Kfar Hamam, Markaba, Aita al-Shaab, as well as the region of Marj between Ainata and Kounine in the Bint Jbeil district, Mays al-Jabal, and the surroundings of Naqoura. Additionally, three raids were carried out on Rachaya al-Foukhar.
Reports circulated on Sunday morning that Israel had dropped leaflets in the Wazzani region, calling for the evacuation of the area towards northern Khiam. Later in the day, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority announced that the distribution of these leaflets was “an initiative of the 769th Brigade, which had not been approved by the army or the political authority.” The National News Agency reported that residents of Wazzani refused to comply with Israeli threats, while most displaced Syrians left the area.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for attacks on Israeli positions in Malkiya, Metula, Rweissat al-Alam (Kfarchouba hills), Zaoura, and the Rawya barracks. On the Israeli side, media reported that the former commander of the Northern Troop emphasized the need to reach an agreement on hostages before launching a military operation against Hezbollah. According to Israel Hayom, citing the city’s municipality chairman, Hezbollah’s current main target is Safad in the Upper Galilee.
In addition, a drone from Lebanon reportedly fell in the Metula settlement, causing material damage but no injuries. Approximately thirty missiles fired from Lebanon towards the Golan and the Upper Galilee triggered alarm sirens in these regions.
