Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets from Lebanon at northern occupied territories

Fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have fired dozens of rockets from southern Lebanon at strategic sites on the northern side of the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories, as tensions continue to escalate between the two sides across the border. 

The Israeli military said some 45 rockets were launched from Lebanon, and that the first barrage of some 30 rockets targeted the northern Golan Heights at 3:35 p.m. local time (1235 GMT) on Saturday.

The army asserted that some of the projectiles were intercepted, while others impacted open areas. Some of the rocket impacts sparked fires.

A barrage of 10 rockets was fired at the Western Galilee region, and another five rockets struck Upper Galilee.

The Gaza Strip-based Hamas resistance group said its Lebanon branch carried out the rocket fire on the Western Galilee.

Hezbollah conducts unprecedented drone operation against Israeli base

Hezbollah carries out an unprecedented retaliatory operation against an Israeli military base, striking the target with a swarm of drones.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah said in a brief said in a brief statement that its fighters had launched dozens of Katyusha rockets at the Dafna kibbutz in the Upper Galilee region, located seven kilometers (4.3 miles) east of Kiryat Shmona city.

The group stated that it struck the kibbutz for the first time, thus making it a new target for Lebanese resistance fighters.

Earlier on Saturday, Hezbollah targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the al-Manara site with artillery shells.

Lebanese military sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said seven people, including four displaced Syrian children, were injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes on different areas in southern Lebanon.

The sources said Israeli drones and warplanes launched an airstrike on the house in the southeastern village of Houla, wounding three civilians, destroying three homes and damaging eight others.

In a separate incident, an Israeli drone launched an attack with two air-to-surface missiles on a tent belonging to a displaced Syrian, and a car parked next to the tent in the Burj al-Muluk area, south of the southeastern town of Marjayoun, wounding four displaced Syrian children.

Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging deadly fire since early October last year, shortly after the regime launched a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip following a surprise operation by Hamas.

The Lebanese resistance movement has vowed to keep up its retaliatory attacks as long as the Israeli regime continues its Gaza war, which has so far killed at least 38,919 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Hezbollah officials have repeatedly said they do not want a war with Israel while stressing that they are prepared in case it occurs.

Two Israeli wars waged against Lebanon in 2000 and 2006 were met with strong resistance from Hezbollah, resulting in the retreat of the regime in both conflicts.

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