Lebanon’s Hezbollah said yesterday it mounted multiple strikes on Israeli army positions including its first using explosive drones, and Israel launched air strikes on southern Lebanon in a sharp escalation of violence.
The Israeli army said it responded to launches from Lebanon toward Israel with air strikes on Hezbollah targets, along with tank and artillery fire.
The Iran-backed Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israeli forces across the Israeli-Lebanese border since Oct. 7, in the deadliest escalation at the frontier since a 2006 war.
Lebanon’s National News Agency said two people were killed and a third critically wounded near the southern village of Hula during Israeli shelling.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is due to deliver his first speech today since the war began.
The heavily armed Islamist group said in a statement its fighters launched 19 simultaneous strikes on Israeli army positions in Israel using guided missiles, artillery and other weapons.
Hezbollah said two drones packed with explosives struck an Israeli army command position in the disputed Shebaa Farms area at the border.
An Israeli artillery unit fires during a military drill in the annexed Golan Heights near the border with Lebanon yesterday.
