Hezbollah targets north Israel and troops in south with rockets and attack drones
Israel's army said Hezbollah militants fired around 30 rockets into northern Israel early on Wednesday, just hours after Washington hosted the first direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in decades.
The military detected "approximately 30 launches" towards Israel since the early hours, a spokesman told AFP.
The group said it also targeted troops in the southern towns of Bint Jbeil, al-Bayada and Khiam, and Nahariya, Kiryat Shmona, Matat, Metula, Kfar Giladi, Dovev, Shlomi, Matzuva, Ya'ara, Avdon, Kfar Vradim, Shavei, Tzion and Misgav Am in north Israel. The attacks were carried out with swarms of attack drones and salvos of rockets, Hezbollah said.
Israeli forces and Hezbollah are currently engaged in close-quarters fighting in southern Lebanon, notably in the strategically significant town of Bint Jbeil, which Israeli forces said they have encircled. It was from the stadium in Bint Jbeil in 2000 that the group's former chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered his "Liberation" speech following Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
On Tuesday, Hezbollah targeted 13 northern Israeli towns with rockets shortly after the start of Lebanese-Israeli talks in Washington.
In a statement, the group said it targeted Kiryat Shmona, Metula and 11 other towns "with simultaneous rocket salvos" at 6:15 pm (1515 GMT).
The Israeli military had warned it expected a rise in Hezbollah attacks as Washington hosted Israeli and Lebanese officials for their first direct talks in decades.
Source: Agence France Presse
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