Israel bombed several positions in southern Lebanon again this Sunday, after the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack this morning against Israel, in the midst of the war with the Islamist movement Hamas, the Lebanese National News Agency (ANN) reported. .
"New Israeli bombings in the vicinity of the Chebaa Farms and the hills of Kfar Shuba," said the ANN, without providing more details of this new round of attacks against these areas of southern Lebanon disputed with Israel. So far, it is unknown if the attack has caused deaths or injuries.
Tension escalated in Lebanese territory after Hezbollah today claimed responsibility for an attack with mortar shells and guided missiles against three positions in Israeli territory, in the first action from Lebanon after the outbreak of the war between Israel and the Palestinian militias on Saturday. of the Gaza Strip.
The Shiite group said in a statement that these attacks were carried out on the "path towards the liberation of what remains of our occupied Lebanese land, and in solidarity with the victorious Palestinian resistance and the fighting and patient Palestinian people."
For its part, the Lebanese Army said that "military units belonging to the Israeli enemy shelled the outskirts of the towns of Chebaa, Halta, Kafr Shuba and Al Habariyeh with artillery and tanks" after launching missiles towards Israel.
He also indicated that the Lebanese military has been deploying in the border areas since the war between Israel and Lebanon broke out, and that they are "closely monitoring the situation" in coordination with the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon ( FINUL).
Israel already fought a war in 2006 against Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, and since then both countries remain technically at war, separated by the so-called Blue Line, a boundary demarcated by the UN, and still guarded by its troops.
