1 Israeli seriously injured by anti-tank missile from Lebanon

By Abdelraouf Arnaout and Wassim Samih Seifeddine

BEIRUT / JERUSALEM (AA) – An illegal Israeli settler was seriously injured on Wednesday by an anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon, local media said.

The missile directly hit a building in the illegal Dan settlement in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Israel’s Army Radio reported.

Air-raid sirens sounded in several Israeli towns as around 30 rockets were fired from Lebanon, with some landing in open areas, Israeli Channel 12 said.

Israeli public broadcaster KAN said several rockets hit Western Galilee region, with all rockets falling in open areas. No injuries were reported.

Lebanese group Hezbollah confirmed that it targeted a military checkpoint in Dan settlement with “appropriate weapons.”

The group also claimed rocket attacks on Israeli military positions in Al-Malkiyya, Roueissat al-Qarn, Al-Raheb, and the Zebdine barracks in northern Israel.

Hezbollah said its fighters also targeted with Katyusha rockets the newly established command center of Israel's 146th Division in Abirim base in northern Israel.

The Israeli army, for its part, said it launched airstrikes against what it called Hezbollah infrastructure and rocket launchers in Jibbain, Naqoura, Deir Seryan, and Zebqine in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli army also bombarded the southern Lebanese town of Al-Dhahira with artillery fire, according to a military statement.

The Lebanese Health Ministry said early Wednesday that one person was killed and another injured in an Israeli airstrike in town of Meiss El Jabal.

According to witnesses, Israeli warplanes conducted around 17 airstrikes targeting several towns, including Qlaileh, Chaaitiyeh, and Zebqine in southern Lebanon.

Tensions have spiked along Lebanon's border with Israel amid cross-border attacks between Hezbollah and Israeli forces as Tel Aviv pressed ahead with its offensive on Gaza, which has killed more than 41,000 people since Oct. 7 following an attack by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio