Hezbollah fired over 200 rockets into northern Israel on Thursday, following the killing of a top military commander in an Israeli airstrike the previous day, according to the Lebanese group.
Hezbollah reported that the rocket attacks targeted several military bases in northern Israel, including the 91st Division HQ in Ayelet Barracks, the 7th Armored Brigade HQ in Katsaviya Barracks, the 7th Brigade’s Armored Battalion HQ in Gamla Barracks, the 210th Division HQ in Nafah Base, and the Artillery Regiment HQ in Yarden Barracks, as reported by Anadolu Agency.
Additionally, Hezbollah stated that it had targeted the Israeli army’s Roueissat al-Alam outpost, the Marj post, and the Al-Baghdadi site in southern Lebanon with missiles.
The rocket attacks were in retaliation for the assassination of Hezbollah commander Mohamed Naim Nasser, 59, who was killed in an Israeli strike in Tyre on Wednesday, the group said.
The Israeli army has not yet commented on Hezbollah’s attacks today.
On Wednesday, the Israeli army identified Nasser as the commander of Hezbollah’s Aziz unit, one of the group’s three regional divisions in southern Lebanon, responsible for launching rockets into northern Israel.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern town of Houla.
Tensions have escalated along the Lebanon-Israel border amid ongoing cross-border attacks between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as Israel continues its offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in over 38,000 deaths since October 7 last year.
