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.
In a striking political declaration, Fahad Al Masri, President of the National Salvation Front in Syria, has issued a bold call for a strategic alliance between post-Assad Syria, the United States and Israel, a move that would represent a seismic shift in the region's diplomatic landscape.
Hezbollah rejected a ceasefire plan agreed by the Lebanese and Israeli governments in U.S.-mediated talks, as Israel kept up strikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it wouldn't be withdrawing from the south.
The European Union has announced a €100 million aid package for the Lebanese Armed Forces, bringing its recent total support for Lebanon to €182 million.
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