Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Southern Lebanon overnight Tuesday after the Iranian-backed terror army fired 15 rockets across the border.
The IAF hit terror sites in the areas of Yarine, Ayta ash Shab and Aalma El Chaeb. Additionally, Israel Defense Forces artillery fired to remove a threat in the area of Majdal Zoun.
Sirens sounded around the Mediterranean seaside city of Nahariya in northern Israel at 2:24 a.m. local time.
מטוסי קרב של חיל האוויר תקפו במהלך הלילה תשתיות טרור של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה במרחבים יארין, עייתא א-שעב ועלמא א-שעב שבדרום לבנון.
בנוסף, צה”ל ביצע ירי ארטילרי להסרת איום במרחב מג’דל זון>> pic.twitter.com/Jz7FzKPrRJ
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) July 17, 2024
“Some of the projectiles were successfully intercepted by the IDF Aerial Defense Array and the rest fell in open areas. No injuries were reported,” the IDF said.
The attack on the Nahariya area came after Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets at northern Israel in multiple barrages on Tuesday night that set off sirens across the Galilee panhandle and western Galilee.
Forty projectiles crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon in the attack on the Galilee panhandle, with some intercepted, and 10 rockets fell in open areas in the western Galilee. No injuries were reported.
What you are seeing is not a light show. It is our aerial defense systems working to defend our civilians against a rocket attack from Hezbollah.
In the past few hours alone, Hezbollah has shot more than 50 projectiles toward Israel. pic.twitter.com/gmRhVVjTWW
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) July 16, 2024
Also on Tuesday night, the IAF struck Hezbollah military structures in areas of Kfarkela and Aya ash Shab and the IDF hit the terror group’s infrastructure in the areas of Aitaroun and Ayta ash Shab.
Hezbollah took responsibility for Tuesday night’s attack, saying that it was in response to the alleged killing of three Syrian children in an Israeli strike in Southern Lebanon. Lebanese state media also reported that two Syrians were killed in an Israeli strike earlier on Tuesday.
Hezbollah has attacked the Jewish state’s north nearly every day since Oct. 8, firing thousands of drones, rockets and anti-tank missiles at Israeli towns, killing more than 20 people and causing widespread damage.
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(JNS)
