On Sunday in Eastern Lebanon, Israel conducted pre-dawn airstrikes targeting Hezbollah infrastructure sites.
The strikes took place after the downing of an Israeli drone by the group. Both sides exchanged fire amid heightened regional tensions.
‘The fighter jets hit a military complex and three other Hezbollah infrastructure locations in Baalbek. The attack was a response to Hezbollah’s downing of an Israeli Hermes 900 drone in Lebanese airspace, claimed to be Iranian-backed, said the Israeli military.
This comes amid ongoing tensions between the two sides. Since October 8, Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire along Lebanon’s southern border, following an attack by Hamas on Israel, sparking further conflict in Gaza and increasing rapidly regional tensions.
Israeli shelling has killed around 270 Hezbollah fighters and around 50 civilians. In southern Lebanon, some 90,000 people have also been displaced, while more than 96,000 Israelis have been displaced from the country’s northern border area.
The U.S. and other countries have sought a diplomatic resolution to the exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel. ‘We would not stop fire before a ceasefire is implemented in Gaza’, said Hezbollah.
‘The latest Israeli attack on Lebanon targeted a training camp belonging to Hezbollah in Janta village near the border with Syria and the town of Safri near Baalbek’, according to the security sources.
According to the media reports, ‘There were no reported casualties from the strikes’.
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