The Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Thursday (4) that it launched more than 200 rockets and a battery of drones against 10 Israeli military installations in response to the killing of one of the Iran-aligned group’s top commanders in southern Lebanon on Wednesday (3).
An Israeli military spokesman said Hezbollah’s allegations were “under review”, while Israel’s ambulance service said there were no reports of casualties.
Thursday’s attack follows at least two strikes on Wednesday in response to what Hezbollah called the “assassination” of its commander, Mohammed Nasser.
The group said it launched 100 Katyusha rockets at an Israeli military base in the Golan Heights and its Iranian-made Falaq missiles at another base in the town of Kiryat Shmona, near the Israel-Lebanon border, on Wednesday.
Nasser, killed in an air strike near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, was one of the most senior Hezbollah commanders to die in the conflict, according to two security sources in Lebanon.
Hezbollah began firing on Israeli targets along the border with Lebanon after its Palestinian ally Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7, declaring its support for the Palestinians. Hamas said it would cease fire when Israel halted its offensive in Gaza.
The hostilities have taken a heavy toll on both sides of the border, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed more than 300 Hezbollah fighters and 88 civilians, according to Reuters figures. Israel says shelling from Lebanon has killed 18 soldiers and 10 civilians.
Source: CNN Brasil
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