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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out on June 26 yet another wave of strikes against targets of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
Israeli fighter jets struck a building used by Hezbollah, an observation post, and additional infrastructure in the towns of Kfarchouba, Ayta al-Shaab and Khiam, the IDF said in a statement, adding that its troops also shelled several other areas in south Lebanon with artillery.
Lebanese media didn’t report any civilian casualties following the strikes. There were also no losses announced by Hezbollah.
In response to the strikes as well as in support of the Palestinian people and resistance in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah said in a statement that its fighters targeted several houses occupied by IDF troops in the settlement of Metula on Lebanon’s border with “suitable weapons.” The group claimed that several soldiers were wounded or killed.
Several fires were observed in Metula after the attack. Hebrew media said that at least five anti-tank guided missiles were launched at the settlement.
Later, Hezbollah announced in another statement that its fighters destroyed surveillance systems of the IDF in the Barkat Risha site also using “suitable weapons.”
Hezbollah and its allies began launching near-daily attacks from Lebanon against the IDF in support of the Hamas Movement and other Palestinian armed factions in Gaza after the outbreak of the Israeli war on the Strip last October.
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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