Israel attacks Hezbollah positions in northeast Lebanon. According to the military, the attacks were retaliation for an attack on the Golan Heights.
Israel wants to ensure that Hezbollah retreats behind the Litani River, 30 kilometers from the border - as stipulated in a UN resolution from 2006. Hezbollah, which is classified as a terrorist organization by Germany and many other countries, primarily controls the south on the border with Israel, Shiite-inhabited districts of the capital Beirut and the Bekaa Valley.