Click to see full-size image. By Al-Manar TV correspondent Ali Shoeib.
Clashes continued on the Lebanon front on October 29, with Hezbollah launching attacks and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carrying out strikes.
Hezbollah said in two separate statements that its fighters targeted the military sites of Migav Am and al-Sammaqa with “suitable weapons”. According to the group, military equipment was destroyed at Migav Am and al-Sammaqa received direct hits.
In another statement, Hezbollah said that its fighters uncovered an IDF infantry unit that was operating near Al-Malikiyah military site then attacked it with “suitable weapons”.
Three rocket attacks were also launched from southern Lebanon during the day. A salvo of rockets targeted the northern Israeli settlements of Malkia and Arab al-Aramshe, causing no injuries.
Three rockets were also fired in the direction of the Upper Galilee settlements of Tuba-Zangariyye, Rosh Pina, Ayelet Hashahar and Hatzor Haglilit. According to the IDF, two of the projectiles were intercepted by air defenses, while the third landed in an open area, causing no damage. Later, a salvo was fired at the city of Qiryat Shemona. Hezbollah didn’t claim responsibility for the rocket fire.
The IDF said that a drone strike targeted a cell in southern Lebanon that launched the rockets. It also announced that fighter jets hit a Hezbollah position in response to the rocket attack. Lebanese media reported an airstrike near the town of Aalma al-Chaeb, two on Mount Sadanah and another on Bastra Farm.
Earlier, the IDF said that it struck a cell that attempt to launch an attack with an anti-tank guided missile from southern Lebanon at the settlement of Avivim.
In addition to the strikes, the IDF artillery shelled Majidiya plain as well as the villages of Zibqin, al-Shaitiya, Halta, al-Khiyam, Kfarshouba, Shanouh, al-Mari and Aita al-Shaab. Illumination rounds were used in an attempt to start fires at heavily wooded areas. No casualties were reported however.
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- Click to see full-size image. By Ali Shoeib.
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- Click to see full-size image. By Ali Shoeib.
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- Click to see full-size image. By Ali Shoeib.
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- Click to see full-size image. By Ali Shoeib.
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- Click to see full-size image. By Ali Shoeib.
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- Click to see full-size image. By Ali Shoeib.
Since the October 7 Hamas-led surprise attack from the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah and its allies have had near-daily exchanges of fire with the IDF along the Israeli-Lebanese border.
The clashes on the Lebanon front have so far claimed the lives of seven Israelis -six soldiers and one civilian- 45 fighters of Hezbollah, two fighters from the Lebanese Resistance Brigades, seven Palestinian fighters -three from the Hamas Movement and four from the Islamic Jihad- and four Lebanese civilians -two elderly men and two journalists-.
The IDF is now expanding its ground operations in Gaza. This could lead to more escalation on the Lebanon front as Hezbollah and its allies could step up attacks.
