‘Dozens’ of rockets fired at Israel says Lebanon’s Hezbollah

The Iran-backed Hezbollah organisation in Lebanon stated that it launched a new round of rockets across the border on Wednesday following the deaths of two civilians in an attack that was attributed to Israel.

Late on Tuesday, the organisation had already launched rockets at northern Israel “in response” to the deaths of civilians.

Since its allies Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, which resulted in a war in Gaza, Hezbollah and the Israeli army have engaged in almost daily gunfire exchanges.

In recent days, it has increased the number of rockets it launches towards Israeli military sites.

“Dozens of Katyusha rockets” were fired by Hezbollah forces towards a northern Israeli border village “as part of the response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks on… civilian homes,” the organisation stated in a statement.

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On Tuesday, rescue teams said an Israeli strike on a house in the southern village of Hanin killed a woman in her fifties and a girl from the same family.

Since October 7, at least 380 people have been killed in Lebanon, mostly Hezbollah fighters but also 72 civilians, according to an AFP tally.

Israel says 11 soldiers and eight civilians have been killed on its side of the border.