Beirut, Lebanon – Israel launched airstrikes at several places in Lebanon on Saturday during a rocket attack, killing six people in the heaviest fire exchange, and a ceasefire began with militant group Hezbollah about four months ago.
The exchange raised concerns about whether Israel had raised concerns about it, a few days after Israel’s war with Hamas, with Hamas, in Gaza. In a statement, Hezbollah denied being responsible for the attack, saying it was committed to war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it had directed the army to respond to dozens of targets in Lebanon, where Iran -backed Hezbollah is appointed. The Israeli military said six rockets were fired at Matola, a town on the Lebanese border. Three entered Israel and were stopped.
The military said it could not confirm the identity of the organization that fired the rocket.
According to a Lebanese official news agency, the Israeli strike on Toline, a southern Lebanese village of Toline, killed five people, and 10 others, including two children.
According to the NNA, another Israeli strike collided with a garage in the coastal city of tire on Saturday, the NNA reported, killing one person and injuring seven. According to the NNA, this was the first attack on the city when Seas Fire implemented November 27.
In a statement, the Lebanese Prime Minister, Nafta Salam, asked the country’s army to take all necessary steps in the south, but said the country does not want to go back to war.
On October 7, 2023, the next day of Hamas, Hezbollah began launching rockets, drones and missiles in Israel, provoking the war outside Gaza. The Israeli-Hizbullah conflict opened up in all wars in September when Israel carried out waves of air strikes and killed most of the militant group leaders. The fighting killed more than 4,000 people in Lebanon and displaced about 60,000 Israelis.
