For the first time since the announced start of the Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon, the Shia militia Hezbollah has reported direct fighting with Israeli ground forces there.
Hezbollah said they were trying to enter the Lebanese town of Odaisseh, right on the border with Israel. The members ‘fought’ with Israeli infantry forces at dawn. There were casualties on the Israeli side.
“Israeli unity forced to withdraw”
Fighters from the pro-Iranian militia were confronted by a “hostile Israeli infantry unit” trying to enter the Lebanese village of Odaisseh, Hezbollah said. There were clashes. The Hezbollah fighters could have forced the Israeli unit to withdraw.
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“Large Infantry Unit”
In addition, Hezbollah fighters attacked a “large infantry unit” in Israel’s Misgav Am “with rockets and artillery,” the militia said. Further troop gatherings were attacked at three other locations, for example with Burkan-type rockets, which can have enormous explosive power.
- The Israeli army said early Wednesday morning that it had again attacked Hezbollah targets. Lebanese security sources said the Israeli army carried out two attacks in the south of the capital Beirut.
- The Israeli attacks followed rocket attacks by Iran on Israel. It was Tehran’s second direct rocket attack on Israel. In April, Iran fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel. A “large number” of missiles were intercepted.
- The Iranian attacks were a response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during an Israeli airstrike on Friday, according to the Revolutionary Guard. Iran also accuses Israel of killing the head of the radical Islamist Hamas ruling the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran in late July.
Fighting between Hezbollah and Israel broke out again as a result of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 and the subsequent Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. Immediately after the Hamas attack, Hezbollah opened a second front against Israel with regular rocket attacks from Lebanon.
Source: Krone
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