Hezbollah Fires 140 Rockets Into Israel To ‘Avenge’ Mass Bombing Attack In Lebanon
This is considered an act of revenge by the group against Israel for a mass bombing attack in Lebanon.
ALebanese-based militant group Hezbollah has pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets.
This is considered an act of revenge by the group against Israel for a mass bombing attack in Lebanon.
AP News reports that Israel’s military said the rockets came in three waves Friday afternoon, targeting sites along the ravaged border with Lebanon.
Hezbollah said it had targeted several sites along the border with Katyusha rockets, including multiple air defence bases as well as the headquarters of an Israeli armoured brigade they said they’d struck for the first time.
Hezbollah had earlier vowed to take revenge after blaming Israel for detonating pagers on Tuesday that killed at least eight people and wounded 2,750 others, including many of the militant group’s fighters and Iran’s envoy to Beirut.
The country’s Information Minister Ziad Makary also condemned the destruction of the pagers – used by Hezbollah and others in Lebanon to communicate.
The minister described it as an “Israeli aggression”.
Hezbollah said Israel would receive “its fair punishment” for the blasts.
A source within the Hezbollah group said the detonation of the pagers was the “biggest security breach” the group had been subjected to in nearly a year of conflict with Israel.
Developments in Lebanon are extremely concerning, especially given the “extremely volatile” context, said U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, adding that the U.N. deplores any civilian casualties.
Without commenting directly on the explosions in Lebanon, an Israeli military spokesman said the chief of staff, Major General Herzi Halevi, had met with senior officers on Tuesday evening to assess the situation.
No policy change was announced but “vigilance must continue to be maintained”, he said.
