Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
Another wave of Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon, the heartland of Hezbollah, on August 18, causing a number of casualties.
In a statement, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that it struck a Hezbollah cell and a weapons depot of the group in the town of Chebaa. Another weapons depot and a building used by the group were struck in the towns of Ayta ash-Shab and Matmoura. A rocket launcher was also hit in the town of at-Tiri, according to the military.
Lebanese media reported that a man was killed in the Chebaa strike, without clarifying if he was a civilian or a Hezbollah fighter.
In addition, three Ghanaian peacekeepers were reportedly wounded when a vehicle of the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon was hit near the town of Dhayra.
From its side, Hezbollah launched five attacks against the IDF in response to recent strikes on southern Lebanon and in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
The group said in separate statements that its fighters fired a barrage of rockets at the headquarters of the IDF’s Valley Battalion near the settlement of Beit Hillel, hit surveillance equipment in the site of Ruwaysat al-Alam and shelled the border sites of al-Marj, al-Malikyiah and Zarit.
The IDF also said that that some 20 rockets were launched at the settlement of Kiryat Shmona from Lebanon, with many being intercepted by Iron Dome air defense systems. The attack caused some material losses. However, no casualties were reported by Hebrew media. Hezbollah has not claimed responsibility, yet.
Hezbollah and its allies in Lebanon have been launching attacks against the IDF in support of Gaza since the start of the Israeli war on the Strip last October.
So far, the confrontation has resulted in 26 civilian deaths in Israel and the occupied Golan as well as the deaths of at least 18 soldiers and security officers. On the Lebanese side, more than 600 people have been killed, including 393 fighters of Hezbollah and over 100 civilians.
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hamas kidnapped and murdered russian israelis, hezbollah defends the murders, kremlin plays a balancing act between its own citizens and geopolitics.
cool story bro
there is no such thing as russian israelis, they are either israelis or russians. “no man can serve two masters.” matthew 6 24.
they think they own both palestine and russia.
they collect passports like some people collect postage stamps – just another country to leech off.
palestine is a roman colony, russia is a roman colony, yes we own both.
there are earthly masters and heavenly masters, there are no borders in the kingdom of heaven, as above so below, onto thee.
stupid lebanese, allowed a military faction in their country to take over, and allowed them to adopt a suicidal policy of attacking israel. now their people will end up the same way as hamas, allowed their people to end up in gaza! now lebanese citizens are going to be shot in the head and bulldozed over in mass graves, when the israelis invade. and also white phosphorus and bombs dropped on their homes, and fleeing citizens!
say some more. we need a reference for “pure stupid”
hezbollah protects lebanon from the zio filth. without hezbollah the thieving zio filth would still be in lebanon and the country would be full of their filthy thieving settlers. hezbollah waged war against them for 20 years and kicked them out of the country for good in 2000, though the thieving zios still occupy a small part of lebanon. hezbollah kicked their arses in 2006 and will do the same again. they have already cleansed northern occupied palestine of settlers.
hezbollah must start downing the jews’ f35s and set about culling the jews in far higher numbers than the jews can manage to kill lebanese. n b the jews can’t defeat hamas however hard they try and the same applies for hezbollah! once iran steps up the iron dome will be the iron doom for the jews. kicked all the way to kingdom come!
yet the zionist airbases – the most legitimate of military targets – are exempted by hezbollah from its attacks.
pathetic arabs, what have they actually contributed to the world apart from low iq and destruction
what have the zio filth contributed to the world apart from thieving, lying, swindling, leeching off everybody, kiddie fiddling, sex- drug- kiddie- and organ trafficking, snooping, perversion and degeneracy, and inciting crazy wars.
ne seri…
so in 5 years are hezb and iran still going to be using big words and threats against tiny little sitting duck israel???
the muslim man is so courageous….lol…. pathetic gutless cowards they are…. israel does as it pleases