Hezbollah launches retaliatory attacks against Israeli positions
The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says it has launched a series of retaliatory attacks against Israeli positions after several Lebanese were killed in strikes by the regime.
Hezbollah said in a statement on Wednesday that it has fired a barrage of rockets targeting Israeli settlements in retaliation for recent air raids on southern Lebanon in which three Syrian children lost their lives.
The group also said an Israeli military command headquarters in Beit Hillel barracks was targeted with Katyusha rockets.
“In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and support of their brave and honorable resistance, and as part of the response to the Israeli enemy's attacks on the steadfast southern villages and safe homes, and targeting of civilians, particularly the horrific massacre in the town of Umm al-Tout resulting in the martyrdom of three children, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance bombarded the settlements of ‘Sa'ar’ and ‘Gishur HaZiv’ with dozens of Katyusha rockets,” it said.
The attack comes in retaliation for an Israeli aggression on southern Lebanese villages that killed civilians.
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said three Syrian children were killed “in an enemy raid that targeted farmland in the village of Umm al-Tut.”
NNA said separate Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed five people.
A Lebanese security source, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said two "civilians" from Syria who worked nearby and had been swimming in the area were killed.
Both sides have been trading near-daily fire along the Lebanese southern border ever since Israel launched its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October.
The Lebanese resistance movement has vowed to keep up retaliatory attacks in solidarity with the Palestinians as long as Israel continues the barbarous campaign in Gaza.
Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed 511 people since October, according to an AFP tally.
Hezbollah officials have repeatedly said they do not want a war with Tel Aviv, adding, however, if one breaks out, they are ready.
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