World News

Israel Blows Up Houses On Lebanon’s Border — Lebanon Media

 

Lebanese state media said the Israeli army on Friday detonated explosives planted inside houses in three border villages that have been battered by the Israel-Hezbollah war.

Hezbollah says it is engaged in fighting Israeli forces in the area, more than a month into an Israeli ground invasion aimed at pushing the Iran-backed group away from the border.

 

Rescuers walk in front of a destroyed building following an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese town of Ghaziyeh on November 3, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)

 

“Since this morning, the Israeli enemy’s army has been carrying out bombing operations inside the villages of Yaroun, Aitaroun and Maroun al-Ras in the Bint Jbeil area, with the aim of destroying residential homes there,” the official National News Agency said.

Israeli forces also conducted a raid in the nearby town of Bint Jbeil, NNA said, after Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli troops in the flashpoint border region.

 

READ ALSO: Israeli Strike Hits Area Near Beirut Airport

 

Hezbollah said on Thursday it had “ambushed” Israeli ground forces attempting to infiltrate Yaroun.

 

Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on the village of Khiam in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel on October 23, 2024. – Israel expanded operations in Lebanon nearly a year after Hezbollah began exchanging fire in support of its ally, Hamas, following the Palestinian group’s deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. (Photo by AFP)

 

The Iran-backed group has claimed eight operations since Wednesday targeting Israeli troops on the outskirts of Maroun al-Ras.

Friday’s explosions are the latest in a string of similar incidents that have impacted the border area.

According to NNA, Israeli troops blew up buildings in at least seven border villages last month.

Footage verified by AFP on Monday showed massive blasts that ripped through Mais al-Jabal and reduced homes to rubble.

 

People dance and wave Israeli national flags as they celebrate the news of the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, in the Israeli costal city of Netanya, on October 17, 2024. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

 

Israel’s Channel 12 last month broadcast footage appearing to show one of its presenters blow up a building while embedded with soldiers in the village of Aita al-Shaab.

Israel has been at war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah since late September when it broadened its focus from fighting Hamas in Gaza to securing its northern border.

 

A Palestinian drinks cold water from a plastic bag in Khan Yunis in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 21, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

 

It escalated its air campaign and later sent in ground forces into the country’s south.

This came after a year of cross-border exchanges with Hezbollah, which has said it was acting in support of Hamas Palestinian militants fighting Israel in Gaza.

 

AFP

Opeoluwani Akintayo

Disqus Comments Loading...

Recent Posts

Chelsea Crash Out Of FA Cup At Brighton

Chelsea haven't won a domestic trophy since lifting the FA Cup in 2018 and their…

7 hours ago

Mbappe Secures Real Madrid Derby Draw Against Atletico

Real Madrid lead second-place Atletico by a single point, with Barcelona, third, given the chance…

7 hours ago

UK’s Starmer Sacks Minister Over ‘Badly Misjudged’ Comments

It is the latest bump in the road Starmer's government has hit in its first…

8 hours ago

Baltic Sea Cable Damaged By ‘External Impact’ — Russia

Several undersea telecom and power cables have been severed in the Baltic Sea in recent…

8 hours ago

Zamfara Winning War Against Banditry — Gov Lawal

"We are gradually winning the war against criminals, and life is returning to our communities,"…

9 hours ago

Ex-INEC REC Hudu Ari Seeks Fair Hearing After Dismissal

He insisted that he had substantial evidence to support his position but was never invited…

9 hours ago