Hezbollah
The airstrikes come after a rocket volley from Lebanon damages a building in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona; in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces’ Counter-Terror Unit is operating in the heart of Khan Yunis.
In a meeting with U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein in Tel Aviv, the defense minister raised “the ongoing threat” posed by the Lebanese terrorist organization.
The IDF has registered significant tactical successes in the fighting since Oct. 7. Yet, the strategic scoreboard currently favors Iran.
An Indian worker was killed and seven other foreign workers were wounded by an anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon.
The incident came hours after a “suspicious aerial target” crossed into Israeli airspace from Lebanon.
The wounded were evacuated by helicopter to various hospitals in Israel. All suffered shrapnel wounds, Magen David Adom reported.
“We are operating on the assumption that an Israeli military operation is [likely] in the coming months,” a senior Biden administration official told CNN.
The strikes caused damage but no injuries, according to official Syrian media.
While the terror group claimed to have launched 40 rockets at IDF bases near the city, only 10 crossed the border, and several were intercepted.
It was the second round of retaliatory attacks claimed by the terror group since the IDF killed a senior commander in an attack on the Beqaa Valley.
An Israeli was wounded when a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a chicken coop in the border village of Shtula.
Two Hezbollah members were killed in an Israeli Air Force strike in Syria early Sunday.
