Shafaq News- Beirut

Hezbollah on Friday detonated an improvised explosive device against Israeli forces in Al-Bayyada, causing casualties, as the group intensified attacks on troops positioned across the southern frontier.

In a series of statements, the group said Israeli forces were evacuated by helicopter before the area was shelled, while subsequent strikes targeted troop gatherings, military sites, and settlements including Kiryat Shmona, Metula, Margaliot and Dishon with rockets and drones.

Hezbollah said it carried out 1,309 operations between March 2 and April 1, averaging 42 per day, leading to the destruction of 136 tanks, 12 bulldozers, and 1 helicopter among other vehicles.

Israel, meanwhile, carried out strikes on southern Lebanon towns including Srifa, Jwayya, and Al-Majadel. Israeli media reported a shift in military objectives from fully disarming Hezbollah –now seen as difficult– to establishing a 4-km demilitarized buffer zone inside Lebanese territory.

Lebanese authorities said 1,345 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since March 2, including at least 124 children. Two sources told Reuters that more than 400 Hezbollah fighters have been killed since the group launched attacks, though it remains unclear whether the official Lebanese toll includes combatants. Meanwhile, Israel’s Health Ministry claimed that 6,594 people have been evacuated to hospitals since the start of military operations against Iran, with 125 still hospitalized, including two in critical condition.

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