This photograph taken on January 5, 2024 from the southern Lebanese village of Dhayra along the Israeli border, shows buildings in the Lebanese town of Tair Harfa as smoke billows over northern Israel. (AFP)
Jan 6,
2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Lebanon’s
Iranian-backed Hezbollah group said on Saturday it had fired rockets at Israel
and its arch-foe said it had struck a “terrorist cell” in retaliation, as top
US and EU diplomats visited the region to seek ways to halt spillover from the
war.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Hezbollah said it had hit a key Israeli observation post with 62 rockets as a “preliminary response” to the killing of Hamas’ deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri on Tuesday.
Tensions have been especially high since Arouri was killed by a drone in the
southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hamas’ Lebanese ally Hezbollah, in
an attack widely attributed to Israel.
The head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said on Friday Lebanon would be
“exposed” to more Israeli operations if his group did not respond to the
killing.
Israel’s military said it had responded to Saturday’s rocket attack with an
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) strike on “the terrorist cell responsible for the
launches toward the area of Metula.”
Israeli fighter jets and troops also struck a series of Hezbollah targets in
the areas of Ayta al-Shaab, Yaroun, and Ramyeh in southern Lebanon, it said,
striking a launch post, military sites, and “terrorist infrastructure.”
Al Arabiya
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