Hezbollah Rockets Rain Down On Northern Israel (Videos)

Click to see full-size image. By Al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Shoeib.

Hezbollah fired more rockets from southern Lebanon at northern Israel on February 24, targeting troops and positions of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

Two attacks targeted the Cobra hill, where Hezbollah said in separate statements that its fighters struck two gatherings of Israeli troops with Burkan heavy rockets and other projectiles. In another statement, the group announced an attack on a third gathering at the al-Dhahira site, also with rockets.

Hezbollah also said in four more statements that its fighters fired a Burkan heavy rockets at the Ramim barracks and targeted the sites of Ramia, Ruwaisat Al-Alam and the Zabdin barracks with salvos of rockets.

The attacks were carried out “to support the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance,” Hezbollah noted in its statements.

In addition, the group’s Military Media released video footage showing an attack from February 22 that targeted the headquarters of the IDF’s 769th Territorial Brigade “Hiram” in the Kiryat Shmona barracks. An Iranian-made Almas anti-tank guided missile was apparently used in the attack.

Separately, the IDF announced that a “suspicious aerial target” that was heading toward Israeli airspace from Lebanon was downed by a fighter jet.

Amid the incident, suspected drone infiltration alarms sounded in the Upper Galilee. The target was shot down over Lebanon, according to the IDF.

The IDF announced in a separate statement that it struck several Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon overnight. It said that the positions hit by fighter jets in Jabal Blat included rocket launching positions and other infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah.

In the town of Ayta al-Shaab, the IDF said that it struck a Hezbollah observation post. It also said that it shelled areas near the towns of Hanine and Marwahin with artillery to “remove threats.”

In a later statement, the IDF said that it struck several more Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, including a building in the town of Blida where fighters of the group were gathered.

Fighter jets struck several more buildings used by Hezbollah in the towns of Rab al-Thalathine, Ayta al-Shaab and Blida, the IDF said. It added that several locations in southern Lebanon were also shelled with artillery to “remove threats.”

Lebanese media didn’t report any civilian casualties. However, Hezbollah mourned a fighter, saying in a statement that he was killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” a phrase usually used to refer to those killed in the current confrontation with the IDF.

The clashes on the Lebanese-Israeli border first broke out after the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, with Hezbollah and its allies carrying out attacks in support of the Strip.

So far, the clashes on the border have resulted in six civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of at least ten IDF soldiers and reservists. On the Lebanese side, more than 300 people have been killed, including 199 fighters of Hezbollah and at least 40 civilians.

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