Shafaq News- Beirut

Hezbollah announced on Thursday that it had carried out a series of attacks targeting Israeli military positions, concentrations of troops, and vehicles along the border areas.

In a series of statements, the group said its operations included rocket barrages against Israeli forces and military vehicles at Talat Friz and Talat Ghadmatha in Ainata, as well as strikes on large concentrations of Israeli vehicles at Shamisat Hill in Taybeh, with multiple successive waves of fire.

Additional strikes targeted Israeli troops and vehicles in the settlement of Avivim, at the Al-Malkiya military site, and near the central square of Qantara, employing a combination of rockets and artillery rounds. Hezbollah also reported targeting a concentration of Israeli forces at the Sadr–Friz junction in Ainata with coordinated rocket and artillery fire.

Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem that he would pay a “very heavy price” following intensified rocket fire toward Israel during the Jewish Passover holiday.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam reaffirmed that decisions on war and peace must remain exclusively in the hands of the state, as the war between Israel and Hezbollah entered its second month since escalating on March 2.

Israeli strikes have continued to hit multiple areas across Lebanon, particularly the south and Beirut’s southern suburbs. According to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, 1,345 people have been killed and 4040 wounded, including 125 children and 88 women, in addition to more than 150 casualties among healthcare workers.