Israel is maintaining a state of military emergency pending any possible developments. The weekend attacks have left four dead, three in Lebanon and one in Israel.
The border between Israel and Lebanon dawned on Monday with a tense calm, after the day of cross-attacks that took place on Sunday between the Israeli army and the Shiite group Hezbollah. After dawn, the anti-aircraft sirens were activated only once on the Israeli side, due to a drone. According to the Israeli army, the Defense System has successfully intercepted “a suspicious aerial target.”
Despite the calm, Israel maintains military state of emergencyapproved yesterday by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, which allows the Israeli armed forces to give instructions to the population in the event of new attacks.
The previous night, however, was a night of bombing and cross-fire. Israel carried out intense bombing raids on southern Lebanon, with more than 100 fighter jets. It was a preemptive strike by the Israeli army, after identifying that Hezbollah was preparing for an imminent large-scale attack targeting the north and centre of the country.
Hezbollah claimed to have fired 340 projectiles and considered the attack a success, “completed and accomplished.” The attack left four dead: three in southern Lebanon, including a militant from the Shiite group Amal, and an Israeli Navy soldier.
The Shiite militia had announced this attack weeks ago, in revenge for the assassination of its top military commander, Fuad Shukr, in an Israeli bombing on July 30 outside Beirut.
Hezbollah sided with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas when Israel launched its offensive against the Gaza Strip following the October 7 attack. Since then, the firefight on the Israel-Lebanon border has escalated into the most serious since the 2006 conflict, claiming the lives of more than 630 people.
Iran has also vowed to retaliate against Israel for an attack in Tehran on July 31 that killed Hamas’s then political leader, Ismail Haniyeh.
Source: Eitb
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