Israel launches massive bombardment of Lebanon in response to its attacks

Israeli planes are carrying out massive bombing of Lebanon In response rockets hit several areas of northern Israel, including a military base in Safed, where a woman, apparently a soldier, was killed and eight other people were injured.

“Air Force fighter planes launched a series of widespread strikes in Lebanon,” a brief military statement said.

Arab and Israeli media have released photos that show the airstrikes went deeper into Lebanon than usual, including towns like Adchit, Chehabiyah, Kafr Dunin, Souneh or Bouslayiya, 25 kilometers from the border.

A few hours earlier, he reported that his forces attacked militia positions in Lebanon – without specifying whether they were the Shia militia Hezbollah or the Palestinian group – from which an intense burst of rockets were fired towards northern Israel, hitting the cities of Netua and Matara. Reached. Also a military base in Safed.

Magem David Adom, a local head of the Israeli emergency service, confirmed to public broadcaster Kan that a woman was found dead when paramedics were checking projectile-impacted buildings in Safed, where at least eight other people were injured. Those whose condition was minor. , And medium.

Although it has not yet been officially confirmed, several media outlets suggest the victim was a soldier, bringing the number of Israeli victims to 19, since the exchange of fire began on the border between Israel and Lebanon more than four months ago. It’s thirteen. Are military.

Rocket will launch this Wednesday Safed, a town about 14 kilometers from the border And away from the main points of friction, it meant an attack deep inside Israel in the current escalation of violence with Lebanese militias, which have not yet claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Firing took place between Israeli forces in the border area of ​​the two countries Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah Arising from increased regional tensions from the war in Gaza.

Since October 8, the day after the war between Israel and Hamas began, militias in Lebanon have launched projectiles and missiles against Israel, which responded with attacks on pro-Palestinian armed groups and Hezbollah targets in Lebanon’s southern region. gives.

This Tuesday, Hezbollah attacked the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona with anti-tank missiles, seriously injuring a 15-year-old teenager and his 47-year-old mother.

The border between Israel and Lebanon is experiencing its highest tension since 2006, with more than four months of firing that has left at least 261 people dead, most of them on the Lebanese side and in the ranks of Hezbollah. Are in. , which has confirmed some 193 casualties in its ranks, some of them in Syria.

In Israel, 19 people have been killed on the northern border, while in Lebanon about 242 people have been killed, including about 29 members of Palestinian militias in addition to Hezbollah militia, one soldier and 19 civilians – including three children and three journalists.

in this situation, Israel has evacuated all of its population less than 15 kilometers from the border, as well as the city of Kiryat Shmona, which houses a total of more than 80,000 displaced people; This figure is similar to the Lebanese population displaced across the border due to violence.