People take cover as the siren goes off in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Oct. 14, 2024. Hezbollah said Monday that it clashed or has been clashing with Israeli forces in several border villages in southern Lebanon. It also claimed to have fired rockets at several military bases, barracks, and settlements in northern and central Israel, including Haifa, Netanya, and Karmiel, among others. (JINI via Xinhua)
BEIRUT, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Hezbollah said Monday that it clashed or has been clashing with Israeli forces in several border villages in southern Lebanon.
"The Islamic Resistance fighters remain engaged in violent clashes with the Israeli enemy forces since afternoon in the village of Aita al-Shaab, using various types of machine guns, rockets, and artillery shells. The clashes are still ongoing," it said in a statement.
The Shiite group announced later in another statement targeting with guided missiles three Israeli Merkava tanks on the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab, saying, "The tanks were seen burning with those inside them, with flames rising from them."
In other separate statements, the group said it had confronted Israeli forces attempting to infiltrate the outskirts of the village of Markaba, the Labbouneh axis, and the plain of Khallet Wardeh in southern Lebanon.
It also claimed to have fired rockets at several military bases, barracks, and settlements in northern and central Israel, including Haifa, Netanya, and Karmiel, among others.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese army reported Monday that it monitored in the afternoon the launch of several drones and about 100 surface-to-surface missiles from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel.
Lebanese military sources told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes on Monday carried out about 25 raids on southern Lebanon and 18 more in eastern Lebanon.
Also on Monday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said Israeli airstrikes killed three people and injured 84 others across Lebanon on Sunday, bringing the death toll since the beginning of the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict on Oct. 8, 2023, to 2,309 and injuries to 10,782.
Since Sept. 23, the Israeli army has been launching an unprecedented, intensive air attack on Lebanon in a dangerous escalation with Hezbollah. In early October, the army began what it said was a "limited" ground campaign, targeting Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. ■
People take cover as the siren goes off in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Oct. 14, 2024. Hezbollah said Monday that it clashed or has been clashing with Israeli forces in several border villages in southern Lebanon. It also claimed to have fired rockets at several military bases, barracks, and settlements in northern and central Israel, including Haifa, Netanya, and Karmiel, among others. (JINI via Xinhua)
