Lebanon Rockets Target Israel As Frontlines Spread
By Worthy News’ George Whitten and Stefan J. Bos
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Worthy News)— With sirens wailing in northern Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said Wednesday that “nine rocket launches from Lebanon” were detected.
The Iron Dome air defense system intercepted four, the IDF said in published remarks. At least one rocket reportedly landed in an open area inside the Israeli border city of Kiryat Shmona, causing no injuries or damage.
Additionally, anti-tank missiles were launched from Lebanon toward the Israeli communities of Metula, Malkia, and Manara, according to an IDF assessment.
They are among 28 communities located within 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of the border with Lebanon.
The IDF and the Israeli defense ministry announced Monday that they would evacuate residents from all those areas to hotels and guest houses paid for by the government amid concerns about growing attacks from Lebanon, Israeli media reported.
Separately, the IDF said it carried out a recent drone strike against “a terror cell” launching mortars from Lebanon at the Tel Turmus area in northern Israel, close to Mount Dov,
Throughout Wednesday, Hezbollah, designated a terrorist organization by Israel and the West, fired several missiles and attacked a number of Israeli army posts along the border with gunfire.
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A video published by Hezbollah showed it shooting at Israeli cameras and surveillance equipment on the border.
The IDF confirmed that the missiles targeted areas near the Israeli communities of Metula, Malkia, Kibbutz Manara, and Rosh HaNikra. The gunfire targeted several military posts in the area, the IDF told Israeli media.
The military did not immediately report any casualties among IDF troops. The Times of Israel outlet quoted the Rambam Hospital in Haifa city as saying, “It was admitting one person who was listed in moderate condition as a result of one of the missile attacks.”
The IDF said it had responded with artillery shelling of the sources of the missile fire and gunfire in southern Lebanon and was carrying out strikes against Hezbollah sites.
The attacks underscored broader concerns that the declared war against Hamas was developing into Israel facing several fronts.
Israel’s military already summoned roughly 360,000 reservists to join the battle against Hamas militants in Gaza, marking one of its largest mobilizations in history and interrupting lives in Israel and worldwide.
Tensions also spread to the streets of Lebanon on Wednesday as protests against Israel and the United States continued, including around the American Embassy in Beirut, the capital.
Amid the unrest, the U.S. State Department raised a travel advisory for Lebanon urging Americans not to travel to the country “due to terrorism, civil unrest, armed conflict, crime, kidnapping” and the embassy’s “limited capacity to provide support to U.S. citizens.”
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