Hezbollah targets Israeli military positions, prompts sirens in northern Israel

Published April 9th, 2024 - 10:40 GMT
Southern Lebanon
This picture taken from the Israeli side of border with Lebanon shows smoke billowing following Israeli bombardment around the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab on December 18, 2023 amid increasing cross-border tensions as fighting continues with Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
Highlights
The Zabdin barracks, a gathering of Israeli soldiers, and a Merkava tank in the Dovev barracks were struck with artillery shells.

ALBAWABA- Hezbollah has announced that it targeted multiple Israeli military positions in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms. The Zabdin barracks, a gathering of Israeli soldiers, and a Merkava tank in the Dovev barracks were struck with artillery shells. 

Additionally, Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Jal al-Alam site were targeted.

Following the attacks, rockets were fired from south Lebanon toward Israeli positions in the occupied Shebaa Farms, prompting sirens to sound in Kiryat Shmona and other Israeli towns in the Galilee Panhandle due to potential infiltration.

Earlier, Israeli artillery had bombed targets in southern Lebanon, escalating tensions in the region.

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