The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah announced on Wednesday carrying out a number of operations targeting Israeli military sites in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the aggression on Lebanese civilians and villages.

Using guided missiles, the Resistance struck the Samak military site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms, the group said in a statement.

Hezbollah also stated that its fighters targeted the Israeli sites of Al-Bayyad and Birket Risha using rockets at 3:40 and 9:00 pm respectively.

The Islamic Resistance confirmed all operations were successful and intended targets were directly hit.

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Israeli media reported earlier that a rocket barrage was launched from Lebanon towards the Al-Jalil/"Upper Galilee" region in northern occupied Palestine.

Additionally, Israeli Channel 12 reported that a rocket salvo was launched from Lebanon towards an Israeli military site near the bordering settlement of Yiftah.

Losing strategic parts

Haaretz newspaper reported earlier that approximately 80,000 settlers residing near the Lebanese border have evacuated voluntarily or involuntarily since the start of the military escalations with Hezbollah.

Meanwhile, an opinion poll conducted by the Tel-Hai Academic College's Regional Knowledge Center and the authorities in eastern "Galilee" revealed that only about 60% of the settlers are confident they will return after the fighting, while 4 out of 10 evacuated individuals will not return, according to Haaretz.

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Israeli Knesset member and former Security Minister Avigdor Lieberman wrote in a post on X last week, that "the War Cabinet lost the North," emphasizing that "What is happening with Hezbollah is lawlessness of the first order."

Lieberman warned, "If we don't come to our senses quickly, we will lose control over strategic parts for the security of the State of Israel."