Hezbollah Says it Launched Drone Attack on Israeli Military Posts

A firefighter extinguishes a flame at the site of a rocket attack, launched from southern Lebanon, in the town of Katzrin in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
A firefighter extinguishes a flame at the site of a rocket attack, launched from southern Lebanon, in the town of Katzrin in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
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Hezbollah Says it Launched Drone Attack on Israeli Military Posts

A firefighter extinguishes a flame at the site of a rocket attack, launched from southern Lebanon, in the town of Katzrin in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
A firefighter extinguishes a flame at the site of a rocket attack, launched from southern Lebanon, in the town of Katzrin in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Lebanon's Hezbollah launched an attack with a swarm of drones on military posts in the kibbutz of Amiad in northern Israel, the armed group said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Israeli kibbutz is located approximately 22 kilometers from the Lebanese border. 
Hezbollah said the attack was a retaliation for an Israeli strike on the Lebanese Bekaa region overnight.

Hezbollah also launched more than 50 rockets, hitting several homes in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

First responders in the Golan Heights said they treated a 30-year-old man who was moderately wounded with shrapnel injuries in Wednesday’s attack. One house was engulfed in flames, and firefighters said they prevented a bigger tragedy by stopping a gas leak.

Hezbollah said the attack was also in response to an Israeli strike in the Bekaa Valley on Tuesday night.

The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it bombed Hezbollah weapons storage facilities in the Bekaa overnight.
The air attack came hours after Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that "attacking munitions warehouses in Lebanon is preparation for anything that might happen."

Security sources said the strike was in a residential area near the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa.

The airstrikes left at least two people dead and 19 injured, according to the sources.

Another Israeli airstrike on Wednesday hit a car on the outskirts of the southern port city of Sidon, killing a member of the armed wing of the Palestinian faction Fatah, two Palestinian sources told Reuters.

Khalil al-Maqdah, the brother of Fatah Gen. Mounir al-Maqdah, was killed in the strike, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Israel and Hezbollah have traded near-daily strikes for more than 10 months against the backdrop of Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.



Israel Attacks Deep into Lebanon in Preparation for Potential Escalation

This picture taken during a guided tour by the Hezbollah media office shows a man salvaging the remains of a destroyed greenhouse at the site of reported overnight Israeli bombardment on Sarein in the Bekaa valley in east-central Lebanon on August 20, 2024. (AFP)
This picture taken during a guided tour by the Hezbollah media office shows a man salvaging the remains of a destroyed greenhouse at the site of reported overnight Israeli bombardment on Sarein in the Bekaa valley in east-central Lebanon on August 20, 2024. (AFP)
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Israel Attacks Deep into Lebanon in Preparation for Potential Escalation

This picture taken during a guided tour by the Hezbollah media office shows a man salvaging the remains of a destroyed greenhouse at the site of reported overnight Israeli bombardment on Sarein in the Bekaa valley in east-central Lebanon on August 20, 2024. (AFP)
This picture taken during a guided tour by the Hezbollah media office shows a man salvaging the remains of a destroyed greenhouse at the site of reported overnight Israeli bombardment on Sarein in the Bekaa valley in east-central Lebanon on August 20, 2024. (AFP)

Israel announced on Tuesday that its recent attacks deep inside Lebanon came in anticipation of a potential escalation.

The announcement was made hours after the Israeli army targeted a Hezbollah ammunition depot in the eastern Bekaa valley, about 80 kilometers from the nearest border point.

On Monday night, Israeli aircraft launched heavy raids on three Hezbollah sites in the Bekaa, including weapons depots. No casualties were reported.

On Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant assessed the situation at the 36th Division headquarters on the northern front with Lebanon.

“Our center of gravity is gradually shifting from the south to the north,” he said, pointing to a readiness to shift from operations in Gaza to a focus on the Lebanese front.

Galant added that the strikes deep inside Lebanon were in preparation for “any potential developments”.

The Israeli army confirmed its strikes on several warehouses storing Hezbollah weapons in the Bekaa on Monday.

It noted that following the raids, secondary explosions were observed, indicating a significant presence of weapons in the targeted locations.

Eleven people were injured in the attack, according to the Ministry of Public Health’s Emergency Operations Center.

In retaliation, Hezbollah fired a barrage of missiles at Israeli military positions in the occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday.

In a statement, the party said: “In response to the Israeli enemy’s attack on the Bekaa region, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance launched an intense missile strike on the headquarters of the 210th Golan Division in the Nafah Barracks, as well as on the Artillery Regiment and Armored Brigade of the 210th Division in the Yarden Barracks.”

The Israeli army responded with a statement saying that its aircraft struck a Hezbollah launch site, from which missiles were fired, in the Beit Lif area in southern Lebanon on Monday.

It also said its jets targeted a Hezbollah military facility in Aita al-Shaab in the South.