The Israeli army announced (Sunday) that 7 of its soldiers were injured following a bombardment with “mortar shells” launched by “Hezbollah” from southern Lebanon on northern Israel, while the “Izz al-Din Brigades al-Qassam” (the military wing of the “Hamas” movement) announced that missiles were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israeli settlements and the northern city of Haifa, while a UNIFIL soldier was injured.
The army said, in a statement published on the platform (X), that in the last few hours 15 projectiles were launched from Lebanon, of which 4 were intercepted by the air defense system, while the rest fell in the open field. The statement adds that the army is now bombing the launch sources of these missiles.
Previously, Hezbollah had claimed responsibility for the attack on the northern Israeli city of Doviv. The party said in a statement that the attack targeted an Israeli army logistics force that was “installing transmission poles and eavesdropping and espionage devices at a new gathering near the Doviev barracks.” He added that the attack resulted in “confirmed casualties, including one dead and one injured”, while the party also announced the killing of one of its members.
The Al-Qassam Brigades in Lebanon also claimed responsibility for bombing northern Haifa and the settlements of Shlomi and Nahariya with several concentrated missile salvos “in response to the occupation’s massacres and aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip.” .
Israeli shelling (Sunday) hit the city of Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon, for the first time since October 8, when Israeli planes carried out an airstrike on Mahmoudiya Hill, located between Nabatieh and Marjayoun, coinciding with a strong escalation in the central sector. after targeting Hezbollah. » Dovev colony, which caused 7 victims.
The Lebanese circulated video clips showing an Israeli raid off the town of Nabatieh. Activists said the attack occurred at a location between Mahmoudiyah Hill and the town of Marjayoun. The raid took place about 5 kilometers from the town of Nabatieh and residents of the nearby town of Kafr Rumman said they heard a huge sound.
This is the first episode since the beginning of the escalation between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, as it touches a southern city, after having previously concentrated on the border area, noting that the aiming point is located north of the Litani, approximately 15 kilometers from the nearest border point.
This escalation coincided with Hezbollah’s bombing of targets in the settlement of Dovev, prompting Israeli forces to intensify bombing of villages in the central sector in southern Lebanon. The Israelis released a video showing the attack on two cars and a truck carrying a bulldozer.
An Israeli army spokesman announced that artillery fire was fired in the direction of southern Lebanon on Sunday after “civilians” were injured by an anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon.
He announced, in a statement, that “several civilians were injured” in an anti-tank missile attack that hit an Israeli vehicle near the border near the town of Doviv, 800 meters from the border with Lebanon, underlining that “Artillery hit the source” of the fire.
The Israeli power company said in a statement that the missile “hit employees” who were repairing power lines damaged by recent attacks in the area.
Lebanese media said the Israeli army carried out artillery shelling with more than 130 phosphorus shells, 50 fragmentation shells and 3 drone strikes. In response to Dovev’s targeting.
In separate statements, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted “a gathering of Israeli army personnel in the Al-Taihat-Ruwaisa-Al-Asi triangle with appropriate weapons, and achieved confirmed casualties.” barracks with guided missiles”. This led to its destruction, the killing of its crew and a number of confirmed casualties among the soldiers around it, including dead and wounded.”
The party also announced that it had targeted the Zarit barracks with artillery fire, confirming that it had achieved direct hits.
On the other hand, the party announced the fall of another fighter “on the way to Jerusalem,” Hussein Ali Harb from the Bekaa town of Sohmar, bringing the party’s death toll to 71.
In the evening the Israeli army announced that 7 of its soldiers were injured following a mortar bombardment from Lebanon on northern Israel. The army specified, in a statement published on the platform (X), that 15 projectiles were launched from Lebanon in the last few hours, noting that the air defense system intercepted 4 of them, while the rest fell in the open field, and he stressed that the army bombed the launch sources of these projectiles.
The Israeli army has expanded its bombing. The National News Agency reported that Israeli artillery targeted the Al-Mushairfa area and the Labouneh area (outskirts of Naqoura city), noting that sirens were sounded in the UNIFIL center in Naqoura.
A motorcade fired a missile aimed at the outskirts of eastern Tahra Hill, which overlooks the town of Kafr Rumman, and clouds of smoke rose from the area, considered open and close to residential homes.
This coincided, according to the agency, with Israeli artillery shelling on the outskirts of Kafr Tibnit and in the vicinity of the Jarmaq church, the Jardali stream and the Zariqoun area between Kafr Rumman and Jarmaq with 175 mm shells.
The National News Agency also reported that an Israeli raid targeted a minibus parked near a house in Houla, noting that the outskirts of the towns of Muhaibib and Blida were exposed to phosphorus projectiles and that an enemy rocket bomb fell in the city of Ramia. , next to the “Ahl al-Bayt” complex.
While the warplanes carried out an airstrike on the outskirts of the city of Aita al-Shaab, dozens of phosphorus shells fell on the outskirts of the city of Mays al-Jabal and the city of Hula.
With the direct bombing targeting the outskirts of the towns of Al-Taybeh and Kharj Al-Buwayda, the planes targeted two houses on the outskirts of the town of Tair Harfa, close to the town, without causing casualties.
The planes carried out raids in the vicinity of the cities of Marwahin, Al-Dhahira and Al-Bustan, in the area between Tarikha and Marwahin and in the outskirts of Ramiyah and Beit Lev, as well as the outskirts of the cities of Shihin and Umm Al-Tut in the sector western.
According to the National News Agency, Israeli reconnaissance planes had begun flying in the southern sky since the early hours of dawn, noting that the region was, until well after midnight, subject to raids by warplanes, drones and artillery bombardments. Israelis who had targeted the southern sky. outskirts of the border towns from Naqoura to the surroundings of the city of Aita al-Shaab.
The agency underlined that the last hours have been the most violent since the outbreak of the war, which is no longer subject to any rules after the enemy targeted civilian targets more than 40 kilometers from the border, noting that the army Israeli targets at night, and most of the daylight hours, vehicles and vehicles circulating on the roads in front of the Blue Line. On the southern border.
The agency noted that rockets filled the skies over the western and central sectors throughout last night, and firebombing continued in forests adjacent to the Blue Line, while Hezbollah imposed restrictions on the movement of Israeli vehicles.
UNIFIL
In the morning UNIFIL forces announced that one of its members had been wounded by a bullet. UNIFIL’s official spokesperson, Andrea Tenenti, said in a statement: “Shortly after midnight, peacekeepers at a UNIFIL site near Al-Qozah reported hearing gunshots nearby,” adding: ” One of the peacekeepers was hit by a bullet and underwent surgery. “He is now in the recovery period and his condition is stable.”
He stressed that “the origin of the shooting is currently unknown and we have opened an investigation,” warning that “any targeting near UNIFIL sites and any use of our sites to launch attacks across the Blue Line, for any reason, is unacceptable. ” Tenenti recalled that “attacks against civilians or United Nations personnel constitute violations of international law that may constitute war crimes”, reiterating the invitation “to all interested parties to cease fire; “To ensure the safety not only of the peacekeepers, but of all people living near the Blue Line.”
Another UNIFIL member was injured on 29 October following a shelling near the border village of Houla, just hours after the force’s headquarters was hit by a shell.
Lebanon’s national news agency reported earlier that Israel shelled several areas, including Al-Mshirfa and Al-Labouneh on the outskirts of the city of Naqoura, while sirens sounded at the UN Interim Force in Lebanon center ( UNIFIL) in Naqoura.