A view reveals Israeli positions within the Israeli-occupied Shebaa farms as pictured from Kfarchouba, close to the border with Israel, southern Lebanon. Reuters
On Sunday, Israel launched artillery barrages into southern Lebanon after Hezbollah hit three Israeli army positions within the contested Shebaa Farms.
There have been no experiences of casualties on the time. The cross-border firing comes a day after a shock assault on Israeli communities by Palestinian militants murdered at the least 250 Israelis, with Israel retaliating by killing one other 230 Gazans.
Hezbollah, a formidable army group supported by Iran, stated it launched guided rockets and artillery at three Shebaa Farms posts “in solidarity” with the Palestinian folks.
The Israeli army stated Sunday it fired artillery into an space of Lebanon the place cross-border mortar fireplace was launched. “IDF (Israel Defense Forces) artillery is currently striking the area in Lebanon from where a shooting was carried out,” it stated.
Israel’s army stated one its drones struck a Hezbollah submit within the space of Har Dov, an space in Shebaa.
Israel has held the Shebaa Farms, a 15-square-mile (39-square-km) patch of land, since 1967. Each Syria and Lebanon declare the Shebaa Farms are Lebanese.
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. On Saturday, it stated it had enhanced its presence in southern Lebanon following developments in Israel and Gaza, together with its operations to counter rocket launches.
Hezbollah, which successfully controls southern Lebanon, stated Saturday it was in “direct contact” with leaders of Palestinian “resistance” teams and that it noticed Palestinian assaults on Israel as a “decisive response to Israel’s continued occupation and a message to those seeking normalisation with Israel”.