2024-08-01 22:49:31
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it had launched dozens of rockets into northern Israel on Wednesday August 1, in response to a strike that killed four Syrians in southern Lebanon. This was the first attack by the pro-Iran Islamist group since the assassination of one of its military leaders on Tuesday evening.
Hezbollah fighters “Launching dozens of Katyusha-type rockets” on the kibbutz of Matzuva, said the Lebanese group in a publication, “In response to the attack of the enemy of Israel on the city of Chamaa which killed many civilians”.
The Israeli army said that many planes had crossed into Israel from Lebanon, adding that it had shot down some of them. “The rest fell in open areas”, just like you. Shortly after the shooting, Israeli warplanes attacked the scene. “From where the products are produced in the Yater area”in southern Lebanon, the press release added.
Early Wednesday, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported four Syrians were killed and five Lebanese were wounded in an Israeli attack in Chamaa in the south, where Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged daily fire for nearly ten months. Because “Many torn bodies, the final number of martyrs will be determined based on DNA testing”the ministry said.
Responding to “anger”
A local rescuer told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the victims worked in agriculture and belonged to the same family. Plumes of smoke rose from the site of the strike, where a house was partially destroyed, in front of which the body of a vehicle still on fire was visible, according to an AFP assistant.
These rocket attacks came as the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, confirmed that his group had stopped its attacks from the strike on Tuesday evening against Fouad Chokr, the military leader of the group, which left seven dead, including five civilians. He added that they would resume on Friday morning and promised to respond “to anger” against the southern suburbs of Beirut, Hezbollah wall. A few hours later, another strike attributed to Israel killed Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
Cross-border violence between Hezbollah and Israel began shortly after the start of the war in Gaza, triggered by an attack by Palestinian Hamas on Israeli soil. They left at least 542 dead, mostly fighters, but also 114 civilians, according to an AFP count. At least 22 soldiers and 25 civilians were killed on the Israeli side, including a dozen teenagers in a rocket attack on the Golan Heights, according to army figures.
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