More than 100 rockets fired from Lebanon on Israel
More than 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Friday afternoon. Earlier, Israel had launched a major attack on Hezbollah bases in Lebanon on Thursday. After Friday’s attack, the Israeli army has advised the citizens of the area to stay near bomb shelters. According to news agency Xinhua, a direct attack took place on a dairy farm building in Kibbutz Ortal, located in the Northern Golan Regional Council. Kibbutz Ortal is an Israeli settlement in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Sirens warning of rocket attacks were activated in Israel’s northern district of Safed, several towns around the Sea of Galilee and Ortal in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalated on Thursday. Both sides launched deadly attacks on each other. Israeli fighter jets carried out about 60 air strikes on Hezbollah bases in southern and eastern Lebanon.
Lebanese military sources said that ‘planes shot down about 150 air-to-ground missiles on Thursday.’ The attacks, which began in the afternoon, continued for several hours. The Israeli army announced just before midnight that the operation was completed. The Israeli army claimed that the Air Force targeted 100 rocket launchers of Hezbollah with about 1,000 barrels. The Israeli army said that it would continue the operation to ‘weaken’ Hezbollah’s infrastructure and capabilities.’ At the same time, Lebanese sources claimed that about 50 Katyusha rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel. This tension has increased due to explosions in pagers and handheld radios in Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday. These blasts killed 37 people and injured 2,931 people. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the explosions. At the same time, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry described the explosions as ‘dangerous and deliberate Israeli action’. However, Israel has not taken responsibility for the blasts. After the blasts, Lebanon banned carrying walkie-talkies and pagers on flights flying from Beirut Airport.
