This article is about the escalation of violence between Israel and Hezbollah, with both sides exchanging attacks and accusing each other of aggression, raising fears of an all-out war.
Hezbollah attacked rockets into Israel on Saturday, fighting back against an Israeli airstrike that killed 2 civilians in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military stated that the airstrike targeted 2 Hezbollah operatives, but a Lebanese security source said the victims were civilians filling water from a roadside spring. Hezbollah answered by launching dozens of rockets into the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona, wounding 4 Israeli soldiers, 1 severely.
Israel’s air defences cut off most of the rockets, but the attack highlighted fears of an energetic war between Israel and Hezbollah. The exchange is the latest in a series of cross-border attacks since early October when Hamas launched an attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. Hezbollah has supported Hamas and launched almost daily attacks against Israeli forces.
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The violence has killed over 500 people in Lebanon, mostly fighters, and at least twenty-nine people in Israel, mostly soldiers. The dispute has increased fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, which last fought in 2006. The Lebanese government and Hezbollah have blamed Israel for aggression and targeting civilians, while Israel has accused Hezbollah of using human shields and launching attacks from civilian areas.
The international community has called for restraint and a ceasefire, but the violence is ongoing. Hezbollah has traded almost daily fire with Israeli forces in support of combined Hamas since the Palestinian militant group’s October 7 attack on Israel triggered war in the Gaza Strip. The situation remains volatile and dangerous, with both sides set in and determined to assert their interests. The United States and European Union have prompted calm and a return to negotiations, but the dispute shows no signs of lessening.
By Arab news
