Hezbollah targets Israeli outpost in response to attack on southern Lebanon
The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has fired dozens of projectiles into the northern occupied territories in retaliation for an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon.
In a statement on Thursday, Hezbollah said its fighters targeted an Israeli barracks with "dozens of Katyusha rockets”.
It said the attack was carried out in response to the assassination of one of its fighters in an Israeli strike in the village of Deir Kifa earlier in the day.
Lebanon's official National News Agency reported that the deadly Israeli drone strike left one dead after hitting a vehicle in the area.
Hezbollah later identified the assassinated fighter as Abbas Ibrahim Hamada.
The Israeli military claimed that Hamada was responsible for commanding Hezbollah ground forces in south Lebanon's Jouaiyya area.
Hezbollah has been carrying out almost daily rocket attacks on Israeli positions in retaliation for the regime’s aggression against Lebanon and in response to the ongoing Israeli onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Israel threatened Lebanon with an “all-out war” on Tuesday with the military saying, “operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon were approved and validated.”
Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned the regime on Wednesday that "no place" in the occupied territories would be spared in case of a full-blown war.
At least 455 people have been killed on the Lebanese border, according to a tally by AFP.
Two Israeli wars waged against Lebanon in 2000 and 2006 were met with strong resistance from Hezbollah, resulting in the retreat of the regime in both conflicts.
Nasrallah: Iran ‘strong fortress of resistance’ against oppressors
UN warns of apocalyptic consequences if Israel drags Lebanon into war
Germany warns Israel conflict with Hezbollah could spark 'unimaginable' war
VIDEO | Press TV's news headlines
Hezbollah unleashes dozens of rockets onto Israeli military base
VIDEO | French protest nationwide to keep National Rally from winning parliament
‘Spying on ICC’: Netherlands summons Israel envoy for explanation
VIDEO | Haifa comes under fresh joint attack by Yemeni forces, Iraqi fighters
VIDEO | Iran presidential election
Iran election abroad: Iranians living overseas ready to exercise their voting rights
Syria to demobilize tens of thousands of reservists as terrorists routed
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
