Hezbollah and Hamas Escalate Tensions with Northern Israel Rocket Attacks

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group fired rockets into northern Israel, targeting a kibbutz for the first time in nine months, in retaliation for an Israeli drone strike. Concurrently, Hamas fired rockets from Lebanon at an Israeli army post. An Israeli airstrike on a southern Lebanese village resulted in explosions and injuries.


Devdiscourse News Desk | Beirut | Updated: 21-07-2024 02:28 IST | Created: 21-07-2024 02:28 IST
Hezbollah and Hamas Escalate Tensions with Northern Israel Rocket Attacks
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Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group unleashed dozens of rockets into northern Israel on Saturday, marking the first aggressive action against a kibbutz in nine months. This move came in direct retaliation for an earlier Israeli drone strike that injured several people, including children.

In a parallel incident, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched rockets from Lebanon targeting an Israeli army post in the village of Shomera. Hamas stated that the assault was in response to the ongoing 'Zionist massacres' in Gaza. While Hamas has conducted similar attacks from Lebanon before, these instances have been few and far between.

Later that evening, an Israeli airstrike on the southern coastal village of Adloun resulted in a series of explosive events, attributed to an arms depot believed to belong to Hezbollah. The strike, which led to shrapnel injuries to three individuals in a nearby village, once again highlighted the escalating tensions.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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