Key Takeaways
- Hezbollah launches rockets towards northern Israel, escalating tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border.
- The conflict has been ongoing for several years, with tensions escalating in recent weeks.
- Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has threatened a response to the Israeli raid.
Beirut: Hezbollah attacked the Mount Neria base, a battalion leadership headquarters of Israel’s Golani Brigade forces, with volleys of Katyusha rockets late Tuesday night, according to Lebanese TV channel al-Manar.
Earlier, Hezbollah had launched over 20 rockets from southern Lebanon at the Meron base in northern Israel, both al-Manar and Al Jazeera have reported.
Al-Manar reported that heavy rocket fire, explosions, and sirens were heard in Western Galilee.
Hezbollah announced that its fighters targeted an Israeli deployment at the Jal Al-Deir site with a barrage of rockets at 10:00 pm on Tuesday, hitting them directly, according to the National News Agency (NNA).
Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes targeting the Lebanese villages of At Tiri, Haddatha, and Rchaf around midnight, NNA added.
Israeli warplanes also conducted airstrikes on the Lebanese villages of Kafr Kila and Khiam, as well as the municipality of Kunin, it noted.
Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas’ attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon.
The situation escalated further after Israel’s attack on Dahieh in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Seven civilians were killed, including a Hezbollah senior military commander, Fouad Shokor. Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah threatened a response to the Israeli raid.
