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Times Of Israel
Times Of Israel
20 Jul 2024


NextImg:Hezbollah, Hamas fire rocket barrages at north after Israel reportedly strikes vehicle

The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah and their Palestinian allies Hamas launched several barrages of rockets at northern Israel in what they said was in response to an alleged Israel Defense Force strike that wounded several civilians.

Throughout the day, Hezbollah fired rockets and at least one drone, setting off sirens throughout the country’s north.

In the morning, the IDF said air defenses intercepted a suspected drone over southern Lebanon, adding that the drone did not cross into Israeli territory.

Also in the morning, the IDF said that its fighter jets struck several buildings used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon’s Houla.

At noon, sirens sounded in Israeli communities in the Galilee panhandle, indicating that rockets or drones were heading to the area. It was unclear, however, whether there were attacks that landed on Israeli territory.

Later on, Lebanese media reported a strike against a vehicle in the southern village of Borj al-Mlouk, four kilometers north of the Israeli border. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Syrian nationals, including children, had been injured after an “enemy drone targeted an empty four-wheel drive” near their tent.

Lebanese army soldiers check the wreckage of a car after a reported Israeli air strike targeted the area near the village of Burj al-Muluk in southern Lebanon on July 20, 2024 (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)

At 3:35 p.m., a barrage of some 30 rockets were fired at the northern Golan Heights. Hezbollah took responsibility for the attack, saying it was aimed at the community of Dafna and done in response to the attack on Borj al-Mlouk earlier. According to the IDF, some of the rockets were intercepted while others landed in open areas in the Golan Heights, sparking fires.

Hezbollah said it was the first time they had targeted the area.

An additional barrage of 10 rockets was fired at the Western Galilee close to 4 p.m., the IDF said, an attack which the Lebanese branch of the terror group Hamas took credit for. No injuries were reported.

Hamas said in a statement that it had fired toward an Israeli military position in the Upper Galilee “in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians in the Gaza Strip.”

No injuries were reported, but the rockets sparked several blazes.

Firefighters work to extinguish wildfires following a rocket attack from Lebanon which fell in the Golan Heights, on July 20, 2024.(Michael Giladi/Flash9)

The IDF said its fighter jets attacked rocket launchers in southern Lebanon’s Deir Seryan that it claimed were used by Hezbollah in the attacks earlier in the day, adding that another Hezbollah rocket launcher in Aitaroun was also struck.

Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war there.

So far, the skirmishes have resulted in 12 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 18 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.

Hezbollah has named 370 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 67 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have been killed.