Lebanon’s Hezbollah group says it fired waves of rockets and drones at the Israeli army after an Israeli strike killed one of its senior commanders, AFP reports.
Hezbollah fighters launched “an attack with rockets and drones, targeting six barracks and military sites”, while simultaneously flying “squadrons of explosive-laden drones” at three other Israeli bases, the group said in a statement.
One of the targets was an Israeli base that the fighters said housed an intelligence headquarters “responsible for the assassinations”. Hezbollah, which announced more strikes into the evening, said the attacks were “part of the response to the assassination” of its commander Taleb Abdallah on Tuesday.
The Israeli army said during the afternoon that about “40 projectiles were launched toward the Galilee and Golan Heights area”, adding most were intercepted, while some ignited fires.
In one attack near the border village of Manara, “one IDF (army) soldier was moderately injured and an additional soldier was lightly injured”, the military said.
“Israel will respond with force to all aggressions by Hezbollah,” government spokesman David Mencer said during a press briefing, vowing to “restore security on our northern border”.
Later, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israeli “warplanes launched a raid targeting a house” in the town of Janata, killing one civilian and injuring seven others.
