Hezbollah targets Israeli army bases and troops in northern Israel, southern Lebanon

By Anadolu staff

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance group announced on Friday that it launched rocket and drone strikes targeting Israeli military bases, settlements, and troop gatherings in northern Israel and southern Lebanon.

Israel has been conducting an incursion into southern Lebanon since Oct. 1.

In a series of statements, Hezbollah said it carried out 20 military operations on Friday against Israeli soldiers, bases, and settlements.

The group claimed its fighters struck the Israeli military’s Tirat Carmel base, south of Haifa, and the Shraga base, near Acre, using advanced rockets. It also reported targeting five Israeli troop gatherings near the settlements of Doviv and Yiron in northern Israel.

In addition, Hezbollah said it attacked 12 Israeli troop positions near the Lebanese towns of Maroun al-Ras, Markaba, Khiyam, and Talloussah.

Israel launched an air campaign in Lebanon against what it claims are targets of the Hezbollah group in late September, in an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare.

Nearly 3,400 people have been killed, over 14,400 injured and more than 1 million people displaced by Israeli attacks since last October, according to Lebanese health authorities.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar