People allowed to carry weapons sign up at a weapon distribution at the Ayelet HaShahar Kibbutz in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, on Oct. 12, 2023. The tension on the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated after Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based armed group, fired dozens of rockets toward Israel on Sunday morning in support of the "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" launched by the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday morning, prompting heavy artillery from Israel in retaliation. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
BEIRUT, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Hezbollah on Wednesday attacked the Israeli military site of Al-Jardah near the Lebanese border with guided missiles, claiming the shelling caused "a large number of" casualties among the Israeli forces.
Hezbollah said in a statement that the operation came in response to Israeli attacks on Monday, which killed three Hezbollah members.
Lebanese military sources told Xinhua that Israeli forces responded by shelling several Lebanese areas in southwest Lebanon, targeting the vicinity of the villages of Yarin and al-Dhahira.
The tension on the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated after Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based armed group, fired dozens of rockets toward Israel on Sunday morning in support of the "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" launched by the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday morning, prompting heavy artillery from Israel in retaliation. ■
People allowed to carry weapons sign up at a weapon distribution at the Ayelet HaShahar Kibbutz in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, on Oct. 12, 2023. The tension on the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated after Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based armed group, fired dozens of rockets toward Israel on Sunday morning in support of the "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" launched by the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday morning, prompting heavy artillery from Israel in retaliation. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
People load bullets at a weapon distribution at the Ayelet HaShahar Kibbutz in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, on Oct. 12, 2023. The tension on the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated after Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based armed group, fired dozens of rockets toward Israel on Sunday morning in support of the "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" launched by the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday morning, prompting heavy artillery from Israel in retaliation. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
People allowed to carry weapons sign up at a weapon distribution at the Ayelet HaShahar Kibbutz in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, on Oct. 12, 2023. The tension on the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated after Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based armed group, fired dozens of rockets toward Israel on Sunday morning in support of the "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" launched by the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday morning, prompting heavy artillery from Israel in retaliation. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
People load bullets at a weapon distribution at the Ayelet HaShahar Kibbutz in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, on Oct. 12, 2023. The tension on the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated after Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based armed group, fired dozens of rockets toward Israel on Sunday morning in support of the "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood" launched by the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday morning, prompting heavy artillery from Israel in retaliation. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
