Israeli drone, artillery attack hits South Lebanon
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The Israeli aggression on Lebanon continues.
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Israeli occupation forces stand near an army self-propelled artillery vehicle on the outskirts of "Kiryat Shmona" on July 6, 2023. (AFP)
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon reported that Israeli drones fired a missile toward Bistara Farm and two missiles at the outskirts of Kfar Chouba and the heights of the town of Halta.
Israeli artillery shelling also targeted the outskirts of Aitaroun and Maroun el-Ras in southern Lebanon.
Our correspondent also reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted the outskirts of Ayta al-Shaab and another one hit the outskirts of Qouzah in the central sector.
Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that an anti-tank guided missile was launched from Lebanon toward "Avivim" base. Simulatnously. the Israeli military acknowledged that a tank was hit by a guided missile launched from Lebanon toward "Avivim" base.
Meanwhile, the correspondent for Al Mayadeen in southern Lebanon reported a plume of smoke rising from the Israeli site opposite the town of Blida, after hearing an explosion there.
It is worth noting that the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah shelled "Menara" settlement and the "Biranit" barracks with missiles and mortar shells, the military media said Tuesday, confirming that several projectiles hit their targets after the Israeli occupation failed to intercept them.
Resistance factions from Lebanon launched Monday a barrage of rockets toward occupied Palestine, namely the settlement of "Kiryat Shmona", with reportedly at least one rocket hitting a target.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that the Islamic Resistance targeted 5 Israeli military outposts in "Biranit, Shtoula, Menara, al-Abad, and Jal al-Alam."
Moreover, a UAV launched from Lebanon on Monday infiltrated into the occupied Palestinian territories and reached the airspace of occupied Haifa before the Israeli occupation forces shot it down.
Air raid sirens were sounded out in the occupied city of Haifa on Monday afternoon before the Israeli occupation forces stated that its forces had intercepted a UAV that had entered the airspace of the occupied Palestinian territories from Lebanese territory, as reported by Israeli media.
The drone was intercepted over the bay of occupied Haifa, Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported.
The big picture
British newspaper The Telegraph has recently highlighted that confrontations with Hezbollah at the Lebanese border are complicating the Israeli plan for a ground invasion of Gaza. The escalating confrontations in the north have delayed the strategic timeline.
According to reports cited by the British outlet, the Israeli occupation has postponed its ground invasion of Gaza due to the intensifying confrontations along the northern border with Lebanon.
Israeli Channel 14 quoted unnamed officials expressing reservations about moving into Gaza at this moment. The ongoing escalation along the Lebanese border has reinforced the perception that the time was not right to launch a ground invasion.
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