2023-10-08 07:21:34
A violent artillery duel occurred early this Sunday, October 8, in the far southeast of Lebanon between Hezbollah and the Israeli army. The exchange of fire did not cause any casualties and tension remains high in this region.
Published on: 08/10/2023 – 09:21
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With our correspondent in Beirut, Paul Khalifeh
It was Hezbollah which opened hostilities by attacking three Israeli fortified positions on Mount Hermon and in the farms of Chebaa, a border region occupied by Israel and claimed by Lebanon, at dawn on Sunday with rockets and mortar shells. , not far from the Golan, a Syrian plateau occupied in 1967 and annexed by the Israelis.
The Israeli army responded by firing dozens of large-caliber shells into the hills and valleys of the disputed region. Some projectiles fell on the Lebanese side of the demarcation line without causing any casualties.
In a statement released this morning, Hezbollah admits to having fired “ a large number of shells and guided rockets that directly hit their targets ».
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Columns of smoke were seen in at least one of the affected Israeli positions.
Hezbollah claims that this attack is part of, in the wake of the liberation of the Lebanese territories still occupied by Israel and as a sign of solidarity with the Palestinian resistance ».
The development comes as Hezbollah’s political adversaries in Lebanon have expressed fears that the country could be drawn into the war that has raged between Hamas and the Israeli army since Saturday morning.
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