HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHES LARGEST ROCKET BARRAGE ON ISRAEL AFTER KILLING OF HIGH OFFICIAL
June 12, 2024Hezbollah fired big barrages of rockets at Israel in retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed a senior Hezbollah field commander, escalating the conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli border.
Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire since the eruption of the Gaza invasion, steadily intensifying hostilities that have fuelled concern of a bigger confrontation between the heavily armed adversaries.
The Israeli strike in the south Lebanon village of Jouaiyya late on Tuesday killed three Hezbollah fighters alongside the senior field commander identified by Hezbollah as Taleb Abdallah, also known as Abu Taleb, three security sources said.
He was the most senior Hezbollah commander killed during eight months of hostilities, one of the sources said.
The sources said he was Hezbollah’s commander for the central region of the southern border strip. His funeral is due to be held later on Wednesday.
A security source in Lebanon said Hezbollah had fired more than 100 rockets in response, saying it was one of the group’s biggest rocket barrages since the hostilities began in October.
Hezbollah declared at least five attacks in response to what it called an assassination by Israel in Jouaiyya, including one in which Hezbollah fighters fired guided missiles at an Israeli military factory.
The group also said it had attacked Israeli military headquarters in Ein Zeitim and Ami’ad, and an Israeli military air surveillance station in Meron, in each case firing dozens of Katyusha rockets, according to its statements.
Sirens sounded in northern Israel.
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