The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Hezbollah fired 360 projectiles into Israel, with some 220 hitting Israeli territory.
“At 11:00 p.m. today (October 9), the terrorist organization Hezbollah… fired around 360 projectiles from Lebanon into Israeli territory,” – the army said in a statement.
The Israel Defense Forces indicate that of this number, about 220 projectiles crossed the border between Lebanon and Israel.
Since October 1, Israel has been carrying out a ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and continues with aerial bombardments of the neighboring country, where more than a thousand people have already died, including leaders of the Shiite movement, and more than 90 thousand They have become refugees. .
The main objective of the military campaign in Israel is to create conditions for the return of 60,000 northern residents who were evacuated due to bombings launched by Hezbollah a year ago in support of the Palestinian Hamas movement.