Hezbollah has traded close to each day cross-border fire with the Israeli army since its Palestinian ally Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, triggering battle in Gaza, however a latest uptick in bellicose rhetoric from each side has raised fears of all-out battle.
“A Hezbollah commander liable for certainly one of three sectors in south Lebanon was killed” in an “Israeli strike on a automobile in Tyre”, a supply near the group informed AFP, requesting anonymity as they weren’t authorised to talk to the media.
The Iran-backed group stated that “commander Mohammed Naameh Nasser”, also called “Hajj Abu Naameh” was killed within the strike, and likewise introduced the demise of a second fighter.
The Israeli military stated that it “eradicated” Nasser, saying he was the commander of Hezbollah’s “Aziz Unit which is liable for firing from southwestern Lebanon at Israeli territory”.
Hezbollah stated that “as a part of the response” to Nasser’s killing, its fighters attacked two positions within the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights “with 100 Katyusha rockets”.
Additionally in retaliation, it stated it fired “dozens of Katyusha rockets” at one of many positions, and “Falaq rockets” and heavy obligation Burkan missiles at two navy websites in northern Israel.
An Israeli navy spokesperson informed AFP that about 100 rocket launches had been made in direction of Israel from Lebanon.
A separate Israeli military assertion stated emergency companies have been “working to extinguish a lot of fires” brought on by one of many assaults, in northern Israel’s Kiryat Shmona space.