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Lebanon: Hezbollah Strikes Israeli Military Base with Katyusha Rockets

Smoke billows from a site targeted by the Israeli military in the southern Lebanese border village of Kafr Kila on July 29, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
Smoke billows from a site targeted by the Israeli military in the southern Lebanese border village of Kafr Kila on July 29, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
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Lebanon: Hezbollah Strikes Israeli Military Base with Katyusha Rockets

Smoke billows from a site targeted by the Israeli military in the southern Lebanese border village of Kafr Kila on July 29, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
Smoke billows from a site targeted by the Israeli military in the southern Lebanese border village of Kafr Kila on July 29, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)

Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said Saturday it has bombed the Israeli Mount Niriya military base with volleys of Katyusha rockets.
In a statement, the party said the attack was in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and in “retaliation to the Israeli enemy’s aggressions on the resilient (Lebanese) southern villages and safe homes”, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Hezbollah added that the base is a command center occupied by the troops of Golani Brigade- an Israeli infantry brigade.
The border areas between southern Lebanon and Israel have witnessed exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, since October 8, 2023, following Israel's declaration of war on Gaza.
Hezbollah says its attacks on Israel come in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Remain on Mt Hermon 'Until Another Arrangement is Found'

17 December 2024, Israel, Mount Hermon: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R) visits an observation point on the summit of Mount Hermon. Photo: Ma'yan Toaf/GPO/dpa
17 December 2024, Israel, Mount Hermon: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R) visits an observation point on the summit of Mount Hermon. Photo: Ma'yan Toaf/GPO/dpa
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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Remain on Mt Hermon 'Until Another Arrangement is Found'

17 December 2024, Israel, Mount Hermon: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R) visits an observation point on the summit of Mount Hermon. Photo: Ma'yan Toaf/GPO/dpa
17 December 2024, Israel, Mount Hermon: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R) visits an observation point on the summit of Mount Hermon. Photo: Ma'yan Toaf/GPO/dpa

Israel will remain on the strategic Mount Hermon site on the Syrian border until another arrangement is found, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Israeli troops occupied Mount Hermon when they moved into a demilitarized zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights following the collapse of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government this month.

Officials have described the move as a limited and temporary measure to ensure the security of Israel's borders but have given no indication of when the troops might be withdrawn and Defense Minister Israel Katz last week ordered troops to prepare to remain on Mount Hermon over the winter.

On Tuesday, Netanyahu went to the site for an operational briefing with military commanders and security officials.

"We are holding this assessment in order to decide on the deployment of the IDF in this important place until another arrangement is found that ensures Israel's security," he said in a statement issued by his office late on Tuesday, referring to the Israeli army.

Israel's move into the buffer zone created following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war has been criticized as a violation of international agreements by a number of countries and the United Nations, which have called for the troops to be withdrawn.