Israeli army opens fire on Lebanese territory with artillery shell: Lebanon

By Wassim Seif El Din

BEIRUT (AA) - The Israeli army fired at least one artillery shell Tuesday on Lebanese territory, marking the first shelling since the start of a humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip, according to the official Lebanese news agency NNA.

The Israeli army fired a shell on land on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese town of Aita al-Shaab in the Rahib region, it said.

The Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper cited an Israeli military source that said no shells were fired from the Israeli side toward southern Lebanon.

A cautious calm has been prevailing in the border areas between Lebanon and Israel since Friday when a humanitarian pause took effect in Gaza, temporarily halting the fighting between the Israeli army and the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas.

Tension has flared along the border between Lebanon and Israel amid intermittent exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, in the deadliest clashes since the two sides fought a full-scale war in 2006.

The border tension comes amid an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar