the Jewish state carries out “offensive action” in southern Lebanon

Israeli forces are carrying out a “offensive action” in southern Lebanon, announced Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister, Wednesday April 24. He also claims that half of Hezbollah’s commanders in this region were “eliminated”. For the moment, it is not clear whether or not Israeli forces have entered Lebanese territory.

A few minutes before this declaration, thehe Israeli army claimed to have struck 40 targets of the Lebanese movement in southern Lebanon. “Recently, Israeli army warplanes and artillery struck around 40 Hezbollah terrorist targets” around Aita el-Shaab, including weapons storage sites, the army said in a statement.

Almost daily exchanges of fire rage on the border between the two countries. Pro-Iranian,Hezbollah claimed responsibility for launching dozens of rockets into northern Israel on Tuesday. To justify this operation, he invoked a “response to attacks by the Israeli enemy (…) on civilian houses” in the south of the country.