Tensions are on the rise in south Lebanon after a tense night as Hezbollah announced “raiding military industrial complexes specializing in electronic equipment, north of Haifa with dozens of rockets.”
Hezbollah declared that this operation is “an initial response to the brutal massacre committed by Israel on Tuesday and Wednesday.”
In a separate statement, the pro-Iranian group claimed responsibility for “targeting Ramat David base and airport for the second time with a salvo of rockets.”
According to the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot, “rockets fell in Kiryat Bialik, causing damage to several houses and injuring three people in the Lower Galilee.”
In this context, AFP reported that Israel’s Home Front Command announced that it had ordered “the closure of all schools in the country’s northern regions near the border with Lebanon, after Hezbollah fired batches of rockets early Sunday.”
According to the Home Front, schools and other educational institutions will remain closed until 6 PM on Monday.
In response, the Israeli army retaliated by targeting several towns in south Lebanon and killing three people in Aitaroun, Khiam and Maaliyeh.
Israel also carried out a series of raids on Malikiya, Zibqine, Wadi Hassan and the outskirts of Majdel Zoun. Additionally, Markaba, Khiam, Aitaroun, Aita al-Shaab and Ain Qana were targets for Israel’s fighter jets.
Yater, Taybeh, Khardali, Oddaisseh, Yaroun and Zahrani were bombed by the Israeli air force.
Israel also extended its shelling to reach Kfar Milki, Labaya and Zalaya in the Western Bekaa.
Later, the Israeli army declared that their defenses are in a state of “high alert and maximum readiness to thwart any attacks by Hezbollah.”
In another statement, the Israeli army affirmed that “around 85 rockets were fired from Lebanon, some of which were intercepted, while others landed in Kiryat Bialik, Tsur Shalom and Morsht,” revealing that “firefighters are working to extinguish the fires.”
