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Hezbollah launched on June 21 several drones and multiple salvos of rockets at key sites of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) near the Lebanese border.
In two separate statements, Hezbollah said that it attacked the Israeli Ras Naqoura naval site with a “squadron” of drones and launched a single drone at an artillery position of the IDF in the area of Zaoura. In four other statements, the group announced rocket attacks against the border sites of Ruwaisat al-Qarn, al-Ramtha, al-Sammaqa and Zabdin.
The attacks were carried out in support of the Palestinian people and resistance in the Gaza Strip and in response to recent Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, Hezbollah noted in its statement.
The IDF confirmed that several rockets were launched from Lebanon during the day and said that a drone was intercepted over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. However, it didn’t report any damage or casualties.
In response to Hezbollah’s recent attacks, the IDF said it struck targets of the group in the southern Lebanese towns of Taybeh and Deir Seryan. Lebanese media didn’t report any casualties.
The clashes on the Lebanese-Israeli border first broke out after the start of the war in Gaza last October, with Hezbollah and its allies carrying out attacks in support of the Strip.
So far, the border clashes have resulted in ten civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of at least 15 IDF soldiers and reservists. On the Lebanese side, more than 500 people have been killed, including 330 fighters of Hezbollah and at least 90 civilians.
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