Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has targeted a strategic Israeli base on the northern side of the occupied territories with dozens of rockets, as tensions continue to escalate between the two sides across the border.
In a statement on Sunday, Hezbollah said it had fired 60 Katyusha rockets at the Jebel Al-Marq region, where the Meron Air Base is located, adding that the missiles have directly hit the Meron surveillance base.
The Lebanese resistance group went on to say that the attack led to the destruction of part of the base’s equipment and a fire inside it.
Hezbollah further noted that the attack was carried out in support of the Palestinians in Gaza and in response to the Israeli assassination of one of its members, Meitham Mustafa al-Attar, in Lebanon’s Bekaa region a day earlier.
Israeli media outlets also reported that 60 missiles and rockets were launched from Lebanon towards the Meron Air Base in the Upper Galilee region.
The latest development came a day after Hezbollah fighters conducted new operations against major military installations in the occupied territories, injuring at least two Israeli soldiers.
The resistance group said the rocket attacks came in retaliation for the Israeli military’s attacks on the southern Lebanese villages of Yohmor, Arnoun al-Shaqif and Kfar Tebnit.
