He said Hezbollah The Lebanese army said it bombed Haifa with specific missiles and attacked with a swarm of assault marches the Ein Shemer base east of Hadera, while Israel announced the killing of two soldiers from the Golani force and the wounding of a number of its officers and soldiers in battles in southern Lebanon, at a time when it continued to launch raids on the south and the Bekaa.
The party said in a statement on Friday evening that it bombed the Krayots north of the city of Haifa with a missile launcher, and then claimed responsibility for bombing the city of Haifa with specific missiles. It also targeted, with a swarm of attack drones, the Ein Shemer base east of Hadera.
📹 The sky north of Haifa after a missile strike from Lebanon pic.twitter.com/QBp16IpXNB
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In several statements issued today, Friday, Hezbollah said that its fighters bombed with artillery for the second time a gathering of enemy soldiers in Kafr Kila and in the vicinity of Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon. They also bombed with missiles a gathering of Israeli enemy forces in the Shlomi settlement in the Galilee.
He also attacked with missiles a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the town of Aita al-Shaab, before targeting them again while they were trying to evacuate the wounded and dead soldiers. The party announced that it targeted the Yoav Barracks in the occupied Syrian Golan with missiles.
The party also said that it confronted an Israeli march in the southern airspace with a surface-to-air missile and forced it to leave Lebanese airspace.
Pictures show Israel intercepting missiles launched from Lebanon towards the north of Haifa Bay, over the industrial zone in Akka.
This morning, the Israeli army announced that it had monitored the launching of 15 missiles from Lebanon towards Haifa Bay. It also announced yesterday that two officers and three soldiers were killed, and eight soldiers were seriously injured, in Lebanon.
Israeli losses
Meanwhile, the Israeli army acknowledged the killing and wounding of a number of its officers and soldiers in battles in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli Rambam Hospital announced the arrival of 12 wounded soldiers from yesterday, Thursday, until Friday morning, two of whom from the Golani force died.
Israeli army data show that dozens of soldiers were injured, most of them in southern Lebanon, during the past 24 hours.
According to Israeli army data, 47 of the injured are still being treated for serious injuries, 191 for moderate injuries, and 40 for minor injuries.
The Israeli army said that its forces destroyed dozens of weapons depots, several tunnel openings, in addition to Hezbollah infrastructure.
The Israeli army added, in a statement, that its forces discovered an underground path in one of the combat areas, and explained that its planes targeted a Hezbollah headquarters from which many missiles were launched towards Israel.
This comes as Al Jazeera's correspondent said that Israeli raids targeted the towns of Toulin, Zawtar al-Sharqiya, and Bara'shit in southern Lebanon, and the town of Hadatha in southern Lebanon this Friday evening.
This afternoon, two Israeli raids targeted the towns of Taybeh and Shamstar in the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon.
In another development, the Israeli army said that it had summoned an additional reserve brigade to the Lebanon front to confront Hezbollah and return the residents of the north to their homes.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Army Chief of Staff said Herzi Halevy They are very determined to strike Hezbollah as hard as possible, and blows have been directed at its senior leadership.
For his part, an Israeli military official said that the Israeli army estimates that 1,500 Hezbollah activists have been killed since the start of the escalation between the two parties.
Since October 8, 2023, the date Hezbollah began the battle to support Gaza from Lebanon, 78 Israelis, both soldiers and civilians, have been killed in these confrontations.
It is noteworthy that the border areas in southern Lebanon have witnessed an exchange of fire between the Israeli army and Hezbollah since October 8, after Israel declared war on Gaza.
On October 1, the Israeli army launched a ground operation in southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah positions.