"An army military position in the Odaisseh area was bombarded by the Israeli enemy, leaving one soldier martyred and three others injured," the Lebanese army said in a statement.
The soldier's death by Israeli fire is the first such death since cross-border hostilities began in October. The cross-border exchanges have killed 109 people in Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
, at least 77 of them Hezbollah fighters and 14 civilians.
On Tuesday, Hezbollah targeted several Israeli posts including al-Assi post and groups of soldiers in al-Taihat and Khallet Warde. The group also targeted Bayyad Blida, Dhaira, Jal al-Alam, and the Zebdine post in the occupied Shebaa farms.
Hezbollah said all targets were direct hits and inflicted casualties. The group later announced that it attacked the Metulla Israeli post with an attack drone as Israeli reports said several rockets landed in the Kiryat Shmona settlement.
The Israeli army for its part bombed several border towns in south Lebanon including Mays al-Jabal, Blida, Houla, Mhaibib, Aitaroun, Aita al-Shaab, al-Naqoura, Ramia, Tayr Harfa, Alma al-Shaab, Kfarkela and al-Jebbayn.
Since the Israel-Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...war began on October 7, the frontier between Lebanon and Israel has seen intensifying exchanges of fire, mainly between Israel and Hezbollah, but also Paleostinian groups, raising fears of a broader conflagration.
A week-long cease-fire that ended Friday brought a temporary halt to the daily exchanges of fire but festivities renewed in south Lebanon after the truce between Israel and Hamas ended.
More than 110 people have been killed on the Lebanese side, mostly Hezbollah fighters and more than a dozen civilians, according to an AFP tally, since fighting began in October.