He Israeli army claimed this Saturday to have detected the launch of About 90 Hezbollah rockets against northern Israel, which started some fires and claimed to have bombed thousands of Shiite militia cannons “ready for immediate use.”
“Following the sirens that sounded throughout the day in the regions of the Upper Galilee, the Golan Heights and the Safed region, approximately 90 projectile launches were identified passing from Lebanon towards Israeli territory,” a military statement detailed.
Some of these launches caused fires in the Ein Zeitim forest near the city of Safed and in an open area near Beit Hillel, a farming community very close to the dividing line, where the firefighters went.
The army put the number of “targets” dismantled at nearly 180, a term that usually covers everything from militiamen to military structures, in southern Lebanon and said thousands of rocket-propelled grenades had been attacked.
“We continue to maintain the (Israeli) air force at the highest level of readiness,” the commander of that branch of the military said today. Bar Tomerat a meeting with other air commanders.
Following the Israeli attack on Beirut this Friday, during which at least 37 people were killed, including 16 Hezbollah militiamen, the tension around a a possible military escalation The spat between the two sides has intensified, with Israel insisting it will not stop its attacks until evacuees from the north are able to return to their homes.
This attack is in addition to the one on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday, during which Israel reportedly blew up thousands of “pagers” and “walkie-talkies” which reportedly cost people their lives. 26 people And more than 3,450 injured, according to statements by the Shiite paramilitary group. The majority come from Dahie, the southern suburb of the Shiite-majority city where Hezbollah’s leadership resides.
