Click to see full-size image. By Al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Shoeib.
Clashes continued on the Israeli-Lebanese front on January 17, with Hezbollah and its allies launching several attacks against the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)
Hezbollah said in four separate attacks that its fighters fired Burkan heavy rockets at a gathering of Israeli troops near the military site of Ruwaisat al-Alam and targeted three other gatherings in the military sites of Tal Shaar, al-Abad and al-Raheb with “suitable weapons.”
In another statement, the group said it shelled the Israeli settlement of al-Manara, daming one of its buildings.
The attacks were carried out in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in response to recent Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, Hezbollah noted in its statements.
Separately, the Hamas Movement announced that its wing in Lebanon fired more than 20 rockets at the Liman Barracks in the Western Galilee. Rocket sirens sounded in northern Israel. However, there were no reports of losses.
In response to the recent attacks, the IDF said that its fighter jets carried out airstrikes against several targets of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. It added that a tank shelled an area in the town of Ayta al-Shab and artillery shelled the town of Dhayra to “remove threats.”
Lebanese media said that heavy strikes hit the town of Houla. No civilian casualties were reported. However, Hezbollah said that one of its fighters was killed “on the road to Jerusalem.”
The clashes on the Lebanese-Israeli border first broke out after the start of the war in Gaza, with Hezbollah and its allies, including Hamas, carrying out attacks in support of the Strip.
As of January 17, the border clashes have resulted in six civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of nine IDF soldiers. On the Lebanese side, more than 200 have been killed. The toll includes 151 Hezbollah fighters, 14 of whom were killed in Syria, 25 Palestinians, a Lebanese soldier, and at least 24 civilians.
