Hezbollah’s recent actions have raised significant concerns. In a notabledevelopment, Lebanon’s Hezbollah launched its first-ever attack on Israelimilitary positions using explosive drones. This marked a dangerousescalation in the ongoing clashes at the border, which had been ongoing forover three weeks.
In response to these drone attacks, the Israeli army targeted multipleHezbollah positions in Lebanon. This was in reaction to a series of dronelaunches towards Israel, as reported on the social media platform X. TheLebanon National News Agency confirmed that Israeli artillery shells struckvarious areas along the southern border.
Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, claimed responsibility for the attackand disclosed the use of two drones loaded with explosives to target anIsraeli army command post in the disputed Shebaa Farms area along theLebanese-Israeli border.
This incident occurred shortly after Hezbollah acknowledged using asurface-to-air missile to target an Israeli drone. The Shebaa Farms, a15-square-mile (39-square-km) region, has been a source of contention sincethe 1967 Middle East war, with both Syria and Lebanon asserting that itbelongs to Lebanon, while Israel maintains control over it.
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Hezbollah militants have been engaged in ongoing exchanges of fire withIsraeli forces along the Israeli-Lebanese border since the start of theconflict between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel on October7. This marks the deadliest escalation at the frontier since the 2006 war.
Hezbollah’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, is scheduled to deliver hisfirst public speech since the beginning of the violence on Friday, and thisaddress is eagerly anticipated in the region.