Hezbollah launches missiles and drones at northern Israel

WORLD  18 April 2024 - 13:21

The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military facility in northern Israel.

Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack on a military facility in northern Israel that wounded at least 14 soldiers saying it was carried out in retaliation for Israeli strikes that killed Hezbollah members, according to Al Jazeera.

The Iran-aligned group said it launched “a combined attack with guided missiles and explosive drones on a new military reconnaissance command centre in Arab al-Aramshe,” an Arab-majority village of northern Israel near the Lebanese border.

The Israeli military said 14 of its soldiers were wounded in April 17 attack and six were in serious condition. It added that it had “struck the sources of fire”.

Later, the Israeli military said its fighter jets had struck “terrorist infrastructure” of Hezbollah in eastern Lebanon.

The attack comes a day after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed three people, including a Hezbollah field commander identified by the Israeli army as Ismail Yusaf Baz.

Israel said its strikes killed two local Hezbollah commanders and another operative while the group said three of its members were killed. Local Israeli authorities also said three people were wounded in a strike from Lebanon earlier on April 16.

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