BEIRUT, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 28 people were killed and 30 others injured when Israeli airstrikes targeted on Sunday afternoon several towns and villages in southern and eastern Lebanon, prompting retaliation by Hezbollah, according to Hezbollah and Lebanese military sources.
The sources, who spoke anonymously, said the Israeli raids involved about 15 warplanes and targeted around 27 towns and villages deep in southern Lebanon and the Baalbek-Hermel areas in eastern Lebanon, about 130 km from the borderline with Israel.
The raids killed two people in southern Lebanon and 26 others in eastern Lebanon, including 11 displaced Syrians, according to the sources. Meanwhile, 30 others were injured during the attacks.
For its part, Hezbollah bombed Israeli's Ofek camp, south of Tel Aviv, "with a salvo of Fadi 1 missiles while also targeting enemy soldiers in Al-Manara settlement, north of occupied Palestine and Avivim (in the occupied Golan Heights)."
Confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel have intensified following Israel's announcement to broaden its war objectives to include the return of northern residents, who were evacuated due to attacks by Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, has launched barrages of rockets at Israel since last October in solidarity with Hamas and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. ■
