2023-11-06 18:50:03
(AFP, Beirut, 6th) The Azdine al-Qassam Brigades, an armed group affiliated with the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas, said that Hamas militants fired 16 rockets from Lebanon to northern Israel today, attacking Israeli coastal cities. Area south of Haifa.
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades announced that the attack “comes in response to the massacres by the occupiers (Israel) and their aggression against the people of the Gaza Strip.”
At the same time, the Israeli military pointed out that northern Israel was under shelling from Lebanon, and Israeli troops fired back.
Hamas is allied with the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah, and there are many Hamas militants in southern Lebanon. Since Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, the border between Israel and Lebanon has been highly tense, and Hezbollah and Israel have often exchanged fire.
According to AFP statistics, since October 7, at least 81 people have been killed in the Israel-Lebanon border conflict in Lebanon, including 59 Hezbollah militants, while 6 Israeli soldiers and 2 civilians have died.
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, Hamas says it fired 16 rockets from Lebanon to hit Israel
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