Hezbollah said it hit a key Israeli observation post early on Saturday with 62 rockets as a "preliminary response" to the killing of Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas' deputy chief.
Israeli fire into Lebanon in response to Hezbollah attacks, File Photo
Hezbollah said it hit a key Israeli observation post early on Saturday with 62 rockets as a "preliminary response" to the killing of Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas' deputy chief.
Al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut's southern suburbs.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nassallah said on Friday that being "silent" on the strike would allow all of Lebanon to be vulnerable to more attacks.
The Hezbollah statement on Saturday said the group had hit a main post on an elevated hilltop that Israel relied on for "aerial observation" and "air control.”
Lebanon’s national news agency reported of IDF strikes in the southern part of the country, alongside news outlet Al Mayadeen, affiliated with Hezbollah.
Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this year’s war with Israel, two people with direct knowledge of the transfer said, the first significant aid from the group to supporters who bore the brunt of the conflict.
Saudi Arabia has launched an air accident probe following last week's cockpit stabbing on a flydubai jet, as experts examine any fallout for aviation safety alongside a separate UAE-led criminal investigation, three people close to the matter said.
A reported CIA warning that Israel faces civil war or state collapse rests on anonymous briefings, an unpublished paper, and a unit whose job is to invent uncomfortable scenarios. That is a thin basis for a claim this large.
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