Israeli media: Northern Front - From quiet arena to war hub
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In the first 10 days of July, the average number of alarms per day has risen to 6.3 - in June it stood at 4.7, and in May at 1.5, as per data released by Israeli media.
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An aerial photo of the Israeli Nafah base in the occupied Syrian Golan (Google maps)
Since the beginning of June, there has been a hundreds of percent increase in the number of alarms in [occupied] Golan due to Hezbollah's operations, and it seems that the group is focusing its activities in the region, Israeli media reported Friday.
Since the beginning of June, an average of more than 5 alarms per day have been heard in the Golan settlements, a sharp jump of more than 450% compared to the previous months.
Until March, less than one alarm was heard in the Golan per day, and since then there has been an increase that reached its peak in the last month and a half.
In the first 10 days of July, the average number of alarms per day rose to 6.3 - in June it stood at 4.7, and in May at 1.5, as per the data.
The data also revealed that most of the alarms, 61%, were recorded in the north of the Golan, and 39% in the south.
The localities in the Golan where the most alarms have been heard since October 7 are Sha'al, Kela, Ein Kaniya, Restauranta, and Katsrin. Most of the alarms were sounded due to the intrusion of a hostile aircraft, the data showed.
Golan became a 'shooting range' for Hezbollah
Israeli media reported that a reserve soldier was killed Thursday, as a result of strikes launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent said that Israeli warplanes attacked the town of Taybeh with three missiles, while the occupation renewed its shelling on the towns of Tayr Harfa, Yarin, and Ramya.
Our correspondent also reported that Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of the towns of Beit Lif, al-Jibbain, and Houla.
On social media, images circulated showing the aftermath of drone strikes launched by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon on the Shlomi settlement in northern occupied Palestine.
Israeli media highlighted that the number of sirens sounding in the settlements of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights increased by 450% in recent weeks, indicating that the Golan was no longer a quiet area but has turned into a new combat area in the North following the launch of rockets and drones by Hezbollah.
Israeli media said that settlers have become targets for Hezbollah, with the head "Israel's" Golan Regional Council, Uri Kellner, saying, "How do the government and army allow the Golan to become a shooting range for Hezbollah?"
On his part, retired Israeli Major General Gershon Hacohen described Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah as "an artist in psychological warfare who knows how to humiliate us," while retired Major General Yaakov Amidror stated, "We should be very impressed by Hezbollah's capabilities."
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