The Lebanese group Hezbollah carried out one of the biggest attacks on Israel. As reported, 150 rockets were fired after the commander of this group was killed.
The attack was carried out in the north of Israel, and air defense systems intercepted some of the rockets.
It was reported that one of the targets was the base that houses the Israeli intelligence services allegedly responsible for the assassinations.
“Israel will respond to Hezbollah’s aggression with force,” announced Israeli government spokesman David Menzer.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency, meanwhile, reported forest fires following Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon.
No details were yet available about casualties.
On Wednesday, the Israeli army launched airstrikes against what it called Hezbollah targets and infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah, for its part, said that it had attacked the Israeli army’s Raheb outpost with artillery shelling and machine guns.
It came after Hezbollah carried out its largest attacks on northern Israel since last October by firing some 215 rockets and drones on Wednesday following the death of four fighters, including a senior military commander, in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.
Tensions have risen along Lebanon’s border with Israel amid cross-border attacks between Hezbollah and Israeli forces as Tel Aviv presses ahead with its deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 37,200 people since last October following a Hamas attack, writes the Middle East Monitor.
