Israeli army fires more than 100 shells toward southern Lebanon towns

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
4 Dec 2023 07:34

The Israeli occupation targets a number of Lebanese southern villages and towns with over 100 artillery shells early Monday.

Two flare bombs launched by the Israeli occupation army over the Lebanese town of Kfar Kila near the Palestinian border on Monday, December 4, 2023 (Social media)

Israeli occupation artillery fired more than 100 shells toward a number of Lebanese southern villages and towns early Monday, in conjunction with the continued aggression on the Gaza Strip.

Shellings and flares targeted the outskirts of the towns of Ramya, Beit Lif, Aita al-Shaab, Rmeich, Khiam, and Kfar Kila in the eastern sector of southern Lebanon.

This comes as Hezbollah announced carrying out eight operations throughout Sunday, targeting Israeli military soldiers' gatherings and sites, including the "Beit Hillel" sensitive base.

In what was described by Israeli media as an exceptional operation, the Resistance successfully targeted an armored military vehicle in "Beit Hillel" using a guided missile, despite it being over 3 km from the Lebanese border.

As per the group's statement, the missile hit its target directly and resulted in the killing and wounding of a number of Israeli soldiers.

Israeli media later reported that 11 were injured in the operation, noting that the attacked vehicle was engulfed in flames after being directly hit with the missile.

الّتي كانت مدرّعة قبل أن يستهدفها حزب الله بصواريخ مضادة للدّروع في "بيت هيلل" وسقط ١١ إسرائيليًّا بين قتيل وجربح🔻 pic.twitter.com/BvLSx7axs3
— حسن الدّر (@HasanDorr) December 3, 2023

Al Mayadeen's correspondent pointed out that the significance of the "Beit Hillel" base is that it hosts an Iron Dome battery system, and is located at the end of the runway of the "Kiryat Shmona" airport.

The renewed operations, which have been ongoing for three days, come after the Resistance halted operations against Israeli targets during the temporary truce in Gaza that expired on Friday morning.

The Islamic Resistance in #Lebanon released footage showing its fighters targeting several Israeli occupation sites and positions on the #Lebanese-#Palestinian border.#Palestine pic.twitter.com/aENd72XbkH
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) December 3, 2023

'Permanent threat of Hezbollah'

Last week, the mayor of the "Kiryat Shmona" settlement urged Israeli settlers not to return to the settlement in northern occupied Palestine as long as the situation on the borders with Lebanon remains unchanged.

Avichai Stern was quoted by Israeli media as saying, "We were promised that we will no longer see Hezbollah on the border and that anyone on the border will be shot, but in actuality, they returned. What is preventing them from firing a Kalashnikov from the fence in the border communities?"

Reflecting a state of utmost fear from Hezbollah's strikes in response to the Israeli aggression on South Lebanon, Stern added, "After October 7, does anyone have any doubts about the intentions, threats, and capabilities of our enemies beyond the border?"