Hezbollah says attacked Israeli post in response to 'over 200 violations'
Hezbollah on Tuesday launched several rockets towards Israeli forces operating in the southern Lebanese town of Robb Tlatin, which is inside the Israeli-occupied buffer zone in south Lebanon, the Israeli army said.
"Within a few minutes, the IDF (Israeli army) closed the circle and attacked the launchpad from which the missiles were fired," it added.
It also said that alert sirens were activated in Kfar Yuval and Maayan Baruch in north Israel as a result of "the interception of a drone launched from Lebanon before it penetrated Israeli airspace."
"These are blatant violations of the ceasefire agreement," the Israeli army said.
Hezbollah later announced in a statement that it attacked a north Israel settlement -- not Israeli troops in south Lebanon -- "in defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the blatant and documented violations by the Israeli enemy, which have exceeded 200 violations since the ceasefire came into effect."
Hezbollah said Israel's violations "included attacks on civilians and the destruction of their homes and villages in southern Lebanon," saying it acted "based on the right to resist and repel the occupation."
The group said it targeted "at 18:50 on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, the artillery positions of the Israeli enemy army in the settlement of Kfar Giladi -- the source of the recent (Tuesday) artillery shelling towards the town of Yohmor al-Shaqif -- with a salvo of rockets and a swarm of attack drones."
Israel has conducted airstrikes across Lebanon and invaded the country's south after Hezbollah entered the Middle East war in support of its backer Iran on March 2.
Despite the truce, Israeli troops are still present and actively fighting Hezbollah militants in Lebanon's south.
Israel and Lebanon are still engaged in talks under U.S. mediation to prolong the current truce.
The two-week ceasefire between the U S. and Iran looms in the background of talks, with the truce set to expire overnight with no new deal yet struck.
Source: Naharnet, Agence France Presse
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