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On Sunday, Hezbollah intensified its bombing of Israeli military sites and settlements, while the commander of the northern region of the occupation army said that it was preparing for a large-scale attack and ground operation in Lebanon.
Hezbollah announced that it attacked the Arar barracks in the occupied Golan with two attack drones, and said that it bombed the Meron colony in the Upper Galilee with dozens of missiles.
Meron includes an important military base for air traffic control, and the party has targeted it several times since the beginning of the year.
The party said in a statement that it bombed a gathering of soldiers east of the Birkat Risha site, and attacked the Ramya site, and said that the missile bombardment on Sunday came “in response to the enemy’s attacks on southern villages and civilian homes, the most recent of which was the attack on the town of Khirbet Selm,” where 5 people were killed, including 4 of them. One family, and among the dead were 3 Hezbollah members.
The Israeli army admitted in a statement that 35 missiles were fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel, and some of them were intercepted.
Sirens sounded in a number of settlements in the Upper Galilee and the Mount Jarmaq (Meron) area.
On the other side of the border, the Israeli army bombed the surroundings of the towns of Shebaa, Al-Habbariyeh, and Kunine in southern Lebanon.
An Israeli drone targeted a car in the vicinity of the town of Al-Habbariyeh, which resulted in one person being injured, and the vicinity of the towns of Shebaa, Al-Habbariyeh, and Kunine were subjected to Israeli artillery shelling.
Preparing shelters
In the context of the escalation, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that the Israeli army’s home front is preparing collective shelters and thousands of food boxes for the residents of the north to use in the event of a comprehensive war with Hezbollah.
The Commander of the Northern Region confirmed continued preparations for a large-scale attack and ground operation in Lebanon.
The newspaper quoted the region's commander as saying that the army is strengthening its preparations to launch an attack in Lebanon, stressing its commitment to changing the security situation so that residents can return to their homes.
In the wake of a devastating Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, since October 8, 2023, the Israeli-Lebanese border has witnessed an exchange of fire between the occupation army on the one hand and Hezbollah and Palestinian factions on the other hand, which led to deaths and injuries on both sides of the border.
Recently, threats have escalated from Israeli officials to expand attacks on Lebanese territory unless Hezbollah fighters withdraw away from the border.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies