Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
On April 26 afternoon, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had carried out another wave of strikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
Israeli fighter jets carried out strikes against buildings where Hezbollah fighters were gathered, in towns of Tayr Harfa and Ayta ash-Shab, the IDF said in a statement, adding that tanks also shelled areas near the towns of Yarine and Dhayra to “remove threats”.
There were no reports of civilian casualties in Lebanese media after the strikes. Hezbollah didn’t also announce the death of any of its fighters.
The strikes came after Hezbollah fighters ambushed an Israeli military convoy in the occupied Lebanon Kfarchouba hills late on April 25. Two vehicles were destroyed by guided missiles as well as rockets and artillery fire. An Israeli Arab man working as a truck driver was killed in the ambush.
Hezbollah said that the ambush was carried out to “to support the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance”.
The clashes on the Lebanese-Israeli border first broke out after the start of the Israeli war on Gaza last October, with Hezbollah and its allies carrying out attacks in support of the besieged Palestinian enclave.
So far, the clashes have resulted in nine civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of at least 11 IDF soldiers and reservists. On the Lebanese side, more than 400 people have been killed, including 269 fighters of Hezbollah and at least 70 civilians.
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