Hezbollah launches over 130 shells into Israel Amid ongoing conflict

Hezbollah has fired approximately 135 shells into Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.

The IDF confirmed the launch and reiterated its commitment to countering threats posed by the Hezbollah terrorist organization in defence of Israel and its citizens, Caliber.Az reports via Russian media.

The escalation highlights the continuing tensions in the region as hostilities persist.

The regional tensions triggered a year ago by Palestinian armed group Hamas' attack on southern Israel have spiralled in recent weeks into a series of Israeli operations by land and air against Lebanon. On October 1, Iran, sponsor of both Hezbollah and Hamas, fired missiles at Israel.

Israel has expanded attacks on southern Lebanon and pounded the capital Beirut’s southern suburbs as the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has claimed a series of missile attacks on northern Israel, including near the city of Haifa.

The Israeli military said it carried out 120 strikes on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon “within an hour” on October 7. An earlier attack on a municipal building near Bint Jbeil killed at least 10 Lebanese firefighters, the latest of dozens of first responders killed in recent weeks.

Hezbollah said it launched a series of rocket attacks on northern Israel, including near the port city of Haifa “with a large rocket salvo” and on Israeli military positions. Later, the group said it targeted areas north of Haifa with another round of rockets.

At least 10 people were wounded in the initial attack on Haifa. It was the first time the port city has been hit since Israel and Hezbollah began trading fire in October last year.

Israel's military struck Beirut's southern suburbs overnight again and said it had killed a figure responsible for Hezbollah's budgeting and logistics, Suhail Hussein Husseini, in what would be the latest in a string of Israeli assassinations of leaders and commanders of Hezbollah and Hamas.

The situation in Lebanon is getting worse by the day, the European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, told the European Parliament, calling for a ceasefire. Some 20 per cent of the Lebanese population had been forced to move, he said.

By Vafa Guliyeva