Lebanese Hezbollah claims to have activated “explosive devices” when Israeli soldiers crossed the border from the Lebanese side. This is the first time that pro-Iranian Hezbollah, which has exchanged fire with Israel since the start of the Gaza war more than six months ago, has announced such an operation.
The Israeli army, for its part, announced that four of its soldiers were injured during the night, including one “seriously, following an explosion of unknown origin” The Hezbollah attack comes following a spike in tension this weekend, when Iran launched an unprecedented attack against Israel using drones and missiles, and Hezbollah launched two salvos of Katyusha rockets on Israeli military positions located in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan. The attack comes after a week of daily exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, with Israel, which claims to support its ally, the Palestinian Islamist movement, carrying out several strikes on Lebanese territory. The IDF has not confirmed that its soldiers have crossed theborder into Lebanon.