The group Lebanese Shia Hezbollaha close ally of Iran, announced this Friday that launched dozens of rockets at Israeli positions at a time of great tension in the region due to a possible attack by Tehran against Israel.
“In response to enemy attacks on villages and civilian homes in the south, including the recent assault on the towns of Al Taybeh and Ayta al Shaab, Islamic Resistance fighters shelled enemy artillery bunkers in Al Zaoura with dozens of Katyusha rockets,” the movement said in a statement.
The rocket launch took place at 20:00 local time (17:00 GMT) against Al Zaoura, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and was also carried out in “support for the Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip.”
For its part, the Israeli Army said in a statement that they have identified up to 40 launches from Lebanese territory.“some of which were intercepted”, while the rest “fell in open areas” and without causing any injuries.
In the last few hours, the Israeli Army has attacked “several towns in southern Lebanon to eliminate a threat,” the note states.
These attacks come at a time when tension between Iran and Israel has increased considerably, after the latter was blamed for an attack that destroyed the Iranian consulate in Damascus, for which Tehran has said it will respond.
Hezbollah and the Jewish State have been engaged in intense border clashes since October 8, one day after the start of the Gaza war.
The outbreak of violence already leaves around 93,000 internally displaced people on the Lebanese side and another 60,000 in the Jewish State, while it has claimed nearly twenty lives in Israel and more than 330 in Lebanon, where the authorities have also counted. almost 950 injured.
Israel expects an attack from Iran this Friday or Saturday, according to the Wall Street Journal
Israel is preparing for a possible attack from Iran that could occur as soon as this Friday or Saturday, According to a source familiar with the matter, the newspaper The Wall Street Journall.
According to this version, Iran would be preparing a direct attack against the south or north of Israel for the next two days.
The newspaper cited, however, another source according to which the Iranian government is still discussing plans to attack Israel and has not yet made a final decision.
The White House explained this Friday that it considers Iran's threats against Israel “credible” and promised that it will provide the Israeli Government with all the necessary help to defend itself.
Iran has threatened retaliation against Israel for the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus that killed seven members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard last week, as well as destroying the building attached to the Tehran embassy, which was the residence of the Iranian ambassador.
US intelligence predicted earlier this week that an Iranian attack on Israeli targets was imminent, but it now appears the attack would be within Israel's borders, he added.l Wall Street Journal.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant affirmed that his country is “shoulder to shoulder” with the United States after meeting this Friday with the head of the US Central Command (Centcom, in English) General Michael “Erik” Kurilla.
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