The escalation came a day after Hezbollah’s leader said his group is already engaged in unprecedented fighting along the Lebanon-Israel border.
Israeli warplanes have conducted air strikes along the border with Lebanon as the militant Hezbollah group attacked several Israeli army posts, including one that was struck with two large rockets.
Hezbollah said in a statement that its fighters attacked at least six Israeli posts along the border, saying “suitable rockets and weapons” were used.The Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV network reported that Hezbollah fired two Burkan rockets, which carry heavy warheads, at an Israeli post known in Lebanon as Jal al-Allam on Saturday. A Lebanese security official confirmed the report of Burkan rockets being used for the first time.
Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV reported that fighters shot down a spy balloon that Israel’s military posted over the northern town of Misgaf Am.On the outskirts of the village of Rmeish, in a rugged area along the border, an Israeli air strike caused thick smoke. Artillery shelling could be heard from a distance.
Exchange of gunfire has been on the rise along the Lebanon-Israel border following the October 7 attack by the Palestinian militant Hamas group that killed more than 1,400 civilians and troops in southern Israel.
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