Israel strikes Hezbollah posts in Lebanon after Israeli killed
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for wounding 21 Israelis in multiple incidents of anti-tank and mortar fire on Sunday.
IDF fighter jets operated in Lebanon on Monday, striking Hezbollah military outposts following a barrage of rockets, anti-tank missiles and mortars launched into Israeli territory from across the northern border.It came as Israel announced that Shalom Abudi, who was among 6 injured on Sunday after mortar fell in Israel, died from his injuries. Abudi was an employee of Israel Electric Corporation.
The Israeli military said that artillery forces fired at the source of two rockets launched on Monday morning from Lebanon into northern Israel, causing sirens to sound across the Western Galilee. The two rockets fell in open fields, the Israeli military noted. No casualties were reported.
IDF artillery also struck the source of anti-tank fire aimed at the northern border town of Netua. Two were wounded by terrorist fire in Israel.
Sirens sounded across the Upper Galilee region near the Lebanese border on Monday amid a suspected hostile aircraft infiltration. Moments later, rockets sirens sounded in Safed and surrounding northern towns, as well as in Acre and Kiryat Bialik, near Haifa Bay. The IDF later said that the sirens heard in the north were a "false alarm."
Mortars launched from North, IDF takes out terror cell
Rocket sirens also sounded in Arab el-Aramsha after mortar shells were launched from Lebanese territory. They also landed in open fields, the IDF said.
IDF fighters also struck a terrorist cell identified along the Lebanese border overnight.
One murdered, 20 wounded in clashes with Hezbollah
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for wounding 20 Israelis in multiple incidents of anti-tank and mortar fire on Sunday.
In one incident, 14 civilians were wounded by anti-tank fire in Dovev, including one seriously and another in critical condition. In a separate incident, seven soldiers were wounded by mortar fire in the Manara area.
Israeli citizen Shalom Abudi was murdered on Sunday by anti-tank missiles fired by Hezbollah at northern Israel, it was announced Monday.
Abudi was an employee of Israel Electric Corporation.
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