Towns in southern Lebanon are subjected daily to air strikes and Israeli artillery shelling (Reuters)
At dawn on Monday, Israeli occupation aircraft launched an Israeli raid on the town of Ramia in southern Lebanon. While Hezbollah announced that it had carried out 8 attacks on Israeli positions off the border, Israeli media confirmed that a battalion commander survived a Lebanese missile attack.
Israeli fighters also bombed the towns of Aitaroun and Khiam, and the surroundings of the towns of Naqoura, Alma al-Shaab, Aita al-Shaab, and Marwahin.
Israeli artillery also bombed the vicinity of border towns in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli army spokesman reported that its planes bombed 4 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon simultaneously.
The military spokesman explained that among the targeted sites were Hezbollah infrastructure and observation points in the Aitaroun area, a military compound affiliated with the party in Alma al-Shaab, and two observation points in Marwahin and Aita al-Shaab.
On the other hand, the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said that a senior Israeli officer survived after Hezbollah fired a guided missile at midnight against a military vehicle on the northern border.
The broadcasting authority added that the battalion commander was not injured, but the vehicle was severely damaged.
Israeli Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy said that his forces were determined to harm Hezbollah members in Lebanon.
He added that the army will not return the residents of the north to their homes until security and stability are fully established there.
Missile attacks
On the other hand, Hezbollah said that it targeted with missile weapons the Al-Samaqa site in the Kafr Shuba hills, and bombarded Israeli vehicles with artillery shells as they entered the Al-Malikiyah site.
The party said that it bombed with missile weapons two gatherings of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Mitat barracks and opposite the town of Wazzani.
The party also announced the bombing of the Al-Marj and Al-Matula sites, and the targeting of spy equipment in the Al-Asi site.
The border areas in southern Lebanon have witnessed security tension and an exchange of fire between the Israeli army and members of the resistance in Lebanon since October 8, after Israel declared war on the Gaza Strip.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies