Hezbollah targets 5 Israeli military border posts, inflicting 'casualties'

By Stephanie Radi

BEIRUT (AA) – The Lebanese group Hezbollah on Monday said it had targeted five Israeli military border posts, inflicting “casualties.”

"Islamic Resistance fighters (Hezbollah fighters) targeted five Israeli sites, namely Maskaf 'Am, Khirbet Al-Manarah, Hormon, Risha Site, and Ramyah Site, using appropriate and direct weapons," the Hezbollah-affiliated Almanar news website reported, citing a Hezbollah group statement.

The statement claimed that Hezbollah fighters inflicted "confirmed casualties," but provided no further details.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah released a video of its fighters shooting down Israeli surveillance cameras and military equipment at several Israeli military sites across the border.

The Israeli army, for its part, said it responded to the source of the fire inside Lebanese territory and claimed no casualties among its soldiers.

Hezbollah and the Israeli army have intermittently exchanged fire since the outbreak of fighting in Gaza on Oct. 7.

Ten days into the conflict with Palestinian group Hamas, Israeli bombardment and blockade of the Gaza Strip has continued, with over 1 million people – almost half the total population of Gaza – having been displaced, according to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

Gaza is experiencing a dire humanitarian crisis with no electricity, while water, food, fuel, and medical supplies are running out, as civilians flee to the south following Israeli warning to evacuate northern areas.

The fighting began when Hamas on Oct. 7 initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a multi-pronged surprise attack including a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel via land, sea, and air. It said the incursion was in retaliation for the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and increased settler violence.

The Israeli military then launched Operation Swords of Iron against Hamas targets within the Gaza Strip.

The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 2,750, including 750 children.

In Israel, 1,300 have been killed.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar