Hezbollah says clashing with Israeli troops in Bint Jbeil
Hezbollah reported "fierce clashes" between its fighters and Israeli soldiers in Bint Jbeil on Tuesday, as Israel said it had completed the deployment of ground troops in south Lebanon.
The group said it targeted overnight into Tuesday troops and Merkava tanks in Bint Jbeil and other towns near the border.
Hezbollah targeted Akka, Metula, Margaliot, Malikiyya, Misgav Am, Hanita, Shlomi, Yir'on, Even Menachem, Kfar Yuval, Kiryat Shmona, Sa'sa', Karmiel, Netua, Nahariya, Shomera, Kerem Ben Zimra, Safad, Hulata and the Hounin Barracks in northern Israel, as well as troops and Merkava tanks in Rshaf, Beit leef, Taybeh, Ainata, Khiam, Markaba, Maroun al-Ras, Aita al-Shaab, al-Bayyada and Kfarkela in south Lebanon.
Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said a 20-year-old woman was taken to hospital with a mild head injury from shrapnel in Nahariya.
Several cars burst into flames and buildings were damaged from a direct impact on a residential street, medics and Israel’s Fire and Rescue service said.
Rocket and drone attacks by Hezbollah had set off sirens throughout Tuesday in Israeli communities close to the Lebanon border.
The attacks on Israel and troops in south Lebanon were carried out with rocket salvos and attack drones, Hezbollah said.
The group also targeted the Tsnobar logistics base in the occupied Golan Heights and two Israeli helicopters over the southern border town of al-Bayyada with surface-to-air missiles. It later said it intercepted warplanes in south Lebanon and West Bekaa.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops detonated houses in Khiam, as they destroyed and burned villages on the border while trying to advance deeper into south Lebanon.
Source: Naharnet
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