Two brothers killed in Israeli raids on southern Lebanon

  • 6/2/2024
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Hezbollah hits back at military sites in Israeli-annexed Golan Heights BEIRUT: Two Lebanese civilians were killed in an Israeli strike on their home near the Lebanon-Israel border as fighting between the two sides continued on Sunday. Hostilities between Hezbollah and the Israeli army reached Acre, Nahariya, Kiryat Shmona and the settlements of the occupied northern Golan. Hezbollah said it attacked the headquarters of the Military Gathering Battalion in Yarden barracks in the occupied Golan Heights with a squadron of drones. The attack targeted the Iron Dome radar and military positions, resulting in heavy damage and casualties among Israeli officers and soldiers, the group said. In another statement, the group said it bombed the headquarters of the 210th Golan Division at Nafah barracks with two salvos of dozens of Katyusha rockets. Israeli media outlets said four rockets fired from Lebanon landed in open areas in Katzrin in southern Golan, causing several fires to break out. Israeli Channel 12 said about 10 rockets were launched from Lebanon toward northern Golan without triggering the sirens. The Israeli army radio station said sirens sounded in Acre and Nahariya and “several unidentified flying objects coming from Lebanon were detected.” It also said two drones exploded in Nahariya and Acre, as the Israeli army was unable to intercept them. Social media posts urged residents to remain in shelters. Israeli media outlets criticized the army’s “failure to intercept two drones that violated the Kiryat Shmona airspace,” describing the act as a “big challenge for the military.” Ali Qasim, 40, and his brother Mustafa Qasim, 43, were killed after returning to their house in Houla because they had failed to find suitable corrals for their livestock in the areas they had been displaced to. A resident of Houla told Arab News that the two men did not want to sell their livestock, as their colleagues had done in Kfar Shuba, Aitaroun and Majdal Zoun. The deaths took the total number of casualties in the recent Israeli attacks in Houla to 14. Israeli warplanes conducted a second strike on Mays Al-Jabal within 18 hours, but no casualties were found during the debris removal operation. The first Israeli airstrike on Mays Al-Jabal on Saturday targeted part of the old city market, resulting in one person being injured and significant material damage to shops, houses and cars. Israeli warplanes on Saturday night attacked villages in Beit Mshiek, Baalbek, 80 km north of the Lebanon-Israel border. The Israeli army said it “targeted a military compound used by Hezbollah in the Western Mountain Range with two missiles in response to Hezbollah shooting down an Israeli Hermes 900 drone.” It said the target in Bint Jbeil was “another military headquarters for Hezbollah.” The army conducted an attack on the southern town of Hanawiyeh on Saturday evening. Several children were injured and taken to hospital after a school playground was hit. The army also targeted a house in the town of Baraashit. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 10 attacks against Israeli army positions on Saturday. Israeli media said more than 15 missiles were launched from southern Lebanon toward Upper Galilee. Moshav Margaliot experienced intense explosions after a barrage of missiles was launched from Lebanon. A fire broke out due to the missile attack on Kibbutz Yiftah.

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