Israeli artillery fire strikes at least 2 houses in Kfar Shuba in response to attack on military targets from Lebanon

By İdiris Okuduci & Mustafa Deveci

NABATIEH, Lebanon (AA) - Israel responded with artillery fire Saturday to an assault on military sites on the Israel-Lebanon border, according to an Anadolu correspondent.

An attack was carried out using an anti-tank missile from the town of Kfar Shuba in Lebanon directed at certain observation points along the border.

The Israeli artillery fire struck at least two houses in Kfar Shuba.

Additionally, the Israeli army said approximately 30 mortar shells were fired from Lebanon. It noted that some of the shells landed on "Israeli territory."

Consequently, the locations from which the attacks originated were targeted, and the assault is still ongoing.

During the attacks, it was suspected that a "terror cell" had intentions to launch anti-tank missiles at Israel. An aircraft belonging to the Israeli army was reported to have targeted the cell.

- Hezbollah claims responsibility for attack on Israel.

Following the attack from Lebanese territory, the Hezbollah movement issued a statement that reported four Israeli military positions in the occupied Kfar Shuba farms in the southern part of the country were targeted with artillery and rockets.

Israeli forces launched a sustained and forceful military campaign against the Gaza Strip one week ago in response to a military offensive by the Palestinian group Hamas in Israeli territories.

The conflict began last Saturday when Hamas 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.

Hamas said the operation was in retaliation for the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and Israeli settlers’ growing violence against Palestinians.

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

That response has extended into cutting water and electricity supplies to Gaza, further worsening the living conditions in an area that has reeled under a crippling siege since 2007.

More than 3,500 people have been killed since the outbreak of the conflict on Oct. 7, including 2,215 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis.

*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala