Hezbollah claims to have activated “explosive devices” when Israeli soldiers crossed the border from the Lebanese side. This is the first time that Hezbollah, which has exchanged fire with Israel since the start of the war in Gaza more than six months ago, has announced such an operation.
Israel reported that four of its soldiers, “active in an area on the northern border”, 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. Iran launched an unprecedented attack against Israel using drones and missiles, in response to a strike on its consulate in Damascus. At the same time, Hezbollah announced that it had launched two salvos of Katyusha rockets on Israeli military positions located in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan. Tel Aviv responded by carrying out several strikes on Lebanese territory. The Israeli army has not confirmed that its soldiers have cross the border into Lebanon, but an investigation is “in progress”