The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah announced its launch this Saturday 62 bullets against one of the main intelligence centers in northern Israel, in its first response to the assassination of the number two of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas, Saleh al Arouri, this Tuesday on the outskirts of Beirut.
At 8.10am local time, fighters from the armed formation fired dozens of projectiles “of various types” at the Meron air surveillance base, one of only two centers with such characteristics in the Jewish state, Hezbollah said in a statement.
According to the note, the structures attacked are located on top of the “highest mountain in occupied Palestine” – another important peak in Israeli hands belongs to the Golan Heights taken from Syria – and are the only ones intended for “administration, surveillance and air control” in northern Israel.
“There is no major alternative to the Meron base,” Hezbullah said, explaining that the Jewish state has another similar center only in the south of the country.
The Israeli army confirmed the offensive against its military base, after confirming at least 40 rockets in flight, most intercepted, and reporting no casualties.
The massive rocket fire triggered alarm in around 90 communities in the north of the country, but the Israel Defense Forces said only the base located on Mount Meron was targeted, according to local media. Times of Israel.
The Israeli military said it had carried out a counterattack that would hit “a terrorist cell responsible for the launches.”
Buildings shrouded in smoke after an Israeli attack on the outskirts of the Lebanese city of Aita al-Shaab, on the border between the two countries. Photo: AP Retaliation
This Saturday’s launch is a response to the attack attributed to Israel that killed Al Arouri and six other people last Tuesday in the southern suburbs of Beirut, an important bastion of the Shiite movement that has not been attacked since the 2006 war with Israel.
The border between Israel and Lebanon has also become the scene of conflict, but Arouri’s murder raises fears of escalation.
This Friday, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah warned that the assassination of his “brother and friend” by Hamas “would not go unanswered” and warned that retaliation for the attack was “certainly close “, which Israel has not officially claimed responsibility for.
“We will not remain silent in the face of a violation of this level, because that would mean that all of Lebanon would be exposed. All cities, towns, characters would be exposed,” the Shiite cleric said in a speech.
Lebanese forces and Israeli forces have been engaged in intense crossfire across the border between the two countries since October 8, while this week’s attack on the outskirts of Beirut has raised fears of further escalation.
Source: EFE and AFP
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