25/12/2023–|Last updated: 12/26/202312:26 AM (Mecca time)
Al Jazeera’s correspondent said that about 30 missiles were launched since Monday morning from… South Lebanon towards Israeli military sites and settlements, while it was announced Hizb allah Two Lebanese soldiers were killed in border clashes, and the Israeli Defense Minister pledged Yoav Galant By removing Hezbollah fighters from the border line.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent reported that sirens were sounding in the Upper Galilee following a suspected drone infiltration from southern Lebanon.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent confirmed that two missiles were fired towards the Israeli military site of Metulla in the Upper Galilee, and 4 other missiles were fired from southern Lebanon towards the Kiryat Shmona settlement in the Upper Galilee.
For its part, Hezbollah announced that it targeted the colonies of Avivim, Metulla, and Misgav Am with missiles, in response to targeting villages and civilian homes in southern Lebanon. It also said that it targeted Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Hanita site, confirming that it left them dead and wounded.
He added that he targeted with missiles a deployment of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Mitat barracks and the Birkat Risha military site.
The Al-Qassam Brigades also announced that they bombed the Liman Barracks in the Western Galilee with missiles, in response to the ongoing Israeli massacres against civilians in Gaza strip.
Bombing border towns
On the other hand, the Israeli army bombed several Israeli border towns with incendiary shellsPhospholipidsIn response to the resistance missiles.
The Lebanese News Agency said that the outskirts of the towns of Naqoura, Aita al-Shaab, Tayr Harfa and al-Jebin were subjected to direct Israeli artillery shelling.
She added that Israeli forces fired incendiary bombs at the forests adjacent to the border line on the outskirts of the towns of Alma al-Shaab and al-Bustan.
The Israeli army announced that its tanks attacked Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanese territory, while the Israeli military spokesman indicated that security conditions do not yet allow the residents of the north to be returned to their homes.
In this regard, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant pledged not to allow the situation on the Lebanese border to return to what it was before last October 7, speaking about removing Hezbollah fighters from the border line.
Destruction in the Avivim settlement in the Upper Galilee caused by missiles fired from southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/Wjox0zoSkR
– Shehab News Agency (@ShehabAgency) December 25, 2023
Two officers killed
On Monday, Hezbollah announced the killing of two members in border clashes with the Israeli army, without adding further details about their deaths.
This brings the number of Hezbollah deaths since October 8 to 126.
Expect a response
This comes amid Israeli anticipation of a response from the northern front to the assassination of an advisor Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Mousavi agreed to an air strike near Damascus.
The commander of the Kfir Brigade in the Israeli army said that the assassination of Mousavi is a major offensive step for Israel in the northern arena.
Tehran reserved the right to respond at the appropriate time and place to the assassination of the Revolutionary Guard advisor, and Hezbollah mourned Musawi, but did not talk about the response to his assassination.