5 mei 2024 om 23:25 Update: 29 min. geleden
An Israeli airstrike on a southern village in Lebanon has killed four people from one family. In response, the Lebanese movement Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel.
According to the Lebanese National News Agency, the attack took place in the town of Mais al-Jabal. The victims are said to be a man, a woman and their children aged 12 and 21. Two other people were injured.
The Israeli military said that “warplanes struck a military site near Mais al-Jabal this morning,” without providing further details.
Hezbollah stated that it had fired “dozens of Katyusha and Falaq rockets” at Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel in retaliation. The Israeli military said it had “identified” about 40 launches from Lebanon. Most of the missiles were reportedly intercepted and there were no casualties.
Since the start of the war in Gaza, hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah have increased. In those seven months in Lebanon, according to news agency counts AFP almost four hundred people killed.
Israeli authorities report the deaths of eleven soldiers and nine civilians in Hezbollah attacks. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced on both sides.
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