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Hezbollah announced yesterday that it had successfully repelled six infiltration attempts by Israeli forces into southern Lebanon, Anadolu reported. The group also launched 19 attacks on northern Israel.
On 23 September, Israel launched its “most intense and extensive” offensive on Lebanon in nearly 20 years. According to official Lebanese data, Israeli air strikes have since killed at least 1,120 people, including women and children, injured 3,040, and displaced around 1.2 million people.
Following Iran’s retaliatory missile attack on Israel on Tuesday, in response to Israel’s assassination of Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, and Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, air raid sirens have been sounding at an unprecedented rate across Israel due to Hezbollah’s intensified barrage of rockets, drones and artillery shells targeting military sites and settlements. Israeli security authorities have, however, restricted reports on human and material losses, according to observers.
Hezbollah announced a series of successful operations against Israeli occupation forces in southern Lebanon, reporting significant damage. According to statements released on Telegram, they detonated explosives targeting Israeli soldiers and launched rocket strikes on military positions and a tank, causing heavy losses. Hezbollah fighters targeted several Israeli positions, asserting direct hits in most cases.
This escalation follows Israel’s announcement on Wednesday evening of the death of eight soldiers, including three officers, in an ambush by Hezbollah fighters during an attempted incursion into southern Lebanese towns.