(JNS) Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets at the northern Golan Heights and Galilee Panhandle on Tuesday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
The Iranian terror proxy fired a 70-rocket barrage at the northern Golan and Galilee Panhandle at approximately 7 a.m., marking one of the heaviest barrages since the start of the war. Just over an hour afterwards, another 30 rockets were fired at the northern Golan.
No sirens were triggered by the second barrage.
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No casualties or damage were reported from either barrage, with Israeli media reporting most of the rockets were intercepted or fell in open areas.
In response, the IDF said that fighter jets struck three launchers used to fire rockets at the Golan Heights.
Also following the rocket attacks, the Israeli Air Force engaged in a series of attacks on Hezbollah targets inside Lebanon, according to reports. The terrorist group’s Beirut-based Al-Manar TV station reported strikes in the Hasbiyeh and Khola areas and artillery fire directed towards Hula and Merkaba in Southern Lebanon.
IDF strikes Hezbollah compounds deep in Lebanese territory
Late on Monday, Israeli fighter jets struck Hezbollah compounds deep inside Lebanese territory in the eastern Bekaa Valley region, according to the IDF.
“The sites belong to Hezbollah’s aerial forces that planned and carried out various attacks against the State of Israel,” the IDF said, adding that the attacks were in retaliation for Hezbollah sending explosives-laden suicide drones into the Golan Heights in recent days.
The IDF said on Monday that two suspected drones from Lebanon hit open areas in the northern Golan Heights, with no reports of casualties or damage. Hezbollah in a statement said that the terrorist group had launched four explosive-laden drones at an IDF base in the area.
On Sunday, Hezbollah fired some 80 rockets at northern Israel.
“On the northern border, we are aware of the complex reality of the residents of the north. In the last two days, we struck a large number of targets and eliminated several terrorist cells,” IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on Tuesday morning.
“All this, alongside continuing to strengthen our readiness for war in the north.”
Nasrallah meets Hamas delegation
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah met recently with a Hamas delegation led by senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hiya, according to Ynet. Hezbollah said that the meeting dealt with “developments in Gaza and the West Bank, the supporting fronts and negotiations to stop the aggression in Gaza.”
Hezbollah has been launching near-daily attacks across the Israel-Lebanon border since Oct. 7, killing 17 people and causing extensive property damage. Some 62,000 Israelis have been evacuated from communities along the border.
The radical Shi’ite organization is part of the so-called Iran-led “Axis of Resistance,” that also includes Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Houthis and other Iranian-backed terrorist groups in the Middle East.
Gallant warns of wider war in Lebanon
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told senior White House envoy Amos Hochstein during a meeting in Tel Aviv last week that Hezbollah’s ongoing aggression was pushing Israel to a “critical point.”
His remarks echoed his warning back in November that Hezbollah was dragging Lebanon into a war, and that Lebanon’s civilian population would end up paying the price.
“I am telling the citizens of Lebanon: The residents of Gaza are already walking with white flags and moving south. Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into a possible war, and it is close to making a grave mistake,” said Gallant.
“The ones who will pay the price are the Lebanese people. What we are doing in Gaza we know how to do in Beirut,” added the minister.
“Our pilots are sitting in their cockpits, planes pointing north, and the air force’s power is huge,” he said.
