Israeli jets strike 2 Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon

By Zein Khalil

JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Sunday that its fighter jets had struck two Hezbollah military sites in southern Lebanon.

A military statement said the strikes targeted military positions belonging to the Lebanese group in the towns of Zibqin and Houla.

The army said its forces also shelled a number of areas in southern Lebanon with artillery to “remove threats.”

There were no reports yet of injuries.

There was no comment yet from Hezbollah on the Israeli statement.

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

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

Despite a provisional ruling Friday by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that ordered Tel Aviv to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, Israel continued its onslaught against the coastal enclave where at least 26,422 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and 65,087 injured since Oct. 7, according to Palestinian health authorities.

The Israeli offensive has left 85% of Gaza’s population internally displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water and medicine, while 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure was damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi