Three people died today in the attacks that Israeli forces carried out in southern Lebanon.
Statements made by the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
The Amal movement, allied with Hezbollah, declared the death of one of its members in the Israeli fire, informing that he was a native of Khiam.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry also said two people were wounded, including a Syrian, in a “series of Israeli attacks” in the south of the country.
The Israeli army reported today that “about a hundred” of its planes “detected and destroyed thousands of Hezbollah rocket launch pads” to prevent a drone attack by the Lebanese Shiite group.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, announced a meeting of the security cabinet overnight. Yoav Gallant, Israel’s defense minister, declared a state of military emergency.
⇒Hezbollah announced the conclusion of its attack today
Hezbollah, on the other hand, announced the conclusion of its attack today, after having launched “a large number of drones” and “more than 320” Katyusha rockets against 11 military bases in Israel and the Syrian Golan Heights occupied by Israel, in response to the death of one of its military leaders in an Israeli attack on Beirut, on July 30.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is expected to speak today at 16:00 (in Lisbon).
The Lebanese National Information Agency (ANI) reported Israeli attacks in a large number of locations in southern Lebanon, some relatively far from the border of the two countries.
This escalation of tension comes as negotiations are being held in Cairo to try to reach a ceasefire in the war in the Gaza Strip, between Hamas and Israel.
The war in Gaza was triggered by an unprecedented attack on Israeli territory by Hamas on October 7 of this year, subsequently initiating the entry of Israeli troops into the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah has entered a front of hostilities against Israel on the border between the two countries in support of the Palestinian Islamist movement.
Since October, violence has killed 605 people in Lebanon, including 391 Hezbollah fighters, as well as at least 131 civilians, according to a tally by the AFP news agency.
On the Israeli side, according to the authorities, 23 soldiers and 26 civilians were killed.