The Israeli Defense Forces said early Monday that they had attacked targets in Lebanon after a rocket was fired into Israel earlier in the night.
“IDF artillery is now attacking targets in Lebanon and firing on the firing range in retaliation for the missile fired on Israeli territory,” the IDF said in a statement. He later said he hit the launch site with dozens of artillery shells, as well as an “infrastructure target”, without elaborating.
The rocket, which was launched in Israel from Lebanon, landed in an open area near the Matsuva kibbutz, near the border, without causing damage or injury.
Hezbollah-related media in Lebanon also reported that a rocket had been fired at Israel from an area between the cities of Klaile and Malieh, southeast of Tire.
There were no missile warning sirens in Israel when the missile landed in the open, and the military said alarm levels in the area remained “normal.”
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“We reacted quickly, deadly and effectively,” said Captain Jotam Zeituni, commander of the artillery battery that responded to the rocket fire.
UN peacekeepers at the UNIFIL border have called for restraint.
“A rocket was launched from Lebanon to Israel early this morning. Israeli defense forces returned fire with dozens of shells. The head of the UNIFIL mission and the commander of the forces @aroldo_lazaro calls for calm and restraint in this unstable and continuing situation, “UNIFIL wrote on Twitter.
IDF artillery fires shells at targets in Lebanon on April 25, 2022, after a missile was fired in Israel (IDF spokesman)
There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage in Lebanon and no liability. IS spokesman Ran Kochav said he believed the Palestinians were responsible.
“It is believed that these are Palestinian factions and that this is related to the Ramadan period and the events on the Temple Mount,” he told public radio Kan.
There have been several cases of rocket fire from Lebanon to Israel in recent years, most blaming Palestinian factions in the country, not the Hezbollah terrorist group.
However, it is unlikely that terrorists in southern Lebanon will be able to fire missiles without at least the tacit approval of the Iranian-backed militia, which maintains tight control over the area.
The incident comes amid growing tensions over clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and renewed rocket fire from Gaza into Israel.
Hamas and other Gaza-based terrorist groups have repeatedly referred to the holy site of ignition as a red line. The actions of the police for the suppression of the riots there last May were among the reasons for a 11-day Gaza war.
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