According to the Israeli military, it attacked Hezbollah’s nightly weapons storage facilities in the Bekaa Valley. According to the Lebanese health ministry, thirty people were hurt and one person died.
Iran-backed Hezbollah responded by claiming that it fired rockets against Israeli military positions in the Golan. According to Israeli officials, one person was hurt and two residences were damaged.
In the meantime, Israel was accused by the Palestinian Fatah movement of killing a senior member of its armed branch in Lebanon with the intention of starting a regional conflict.
The Israeli military claimed to have killed Khalil al-Makdah in a strike in the port city of Sidon in the south because he was directing attacks and smuggling weapons into the occupied West Bank on behalf of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
According to reports, it was the first attack on a Fatah member since the Gaza War began, which has caused Israel and Hezbollah’s cross-border hostilities to worsen.
Following the death of a prominent Hezbollah leader in Beirut, whom Israel accused of being responsible for the rocket strike that killed twelve children, tensions have escalated in recent weeks.
