...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..., targeting troops stationed in northern Israel.
"Approximately 30 projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon toward the area of Kabri," the Israeli military said Monday, reporting no casualties and announcing retaliatory strikes.
The Israeli military on Sunday said its forces had "struck a Hezbollah terrorist cell in the area of Taybeh" as well as "a military structure in the area of Derdghaiya".
"Following the strike, secondary explosions were identified, indicating the presence of weapons inside the structure" in Derdghaiya, it added.
An Israeli air strike on Sunday killed two Hezbollah fighters in Taybeh, with the health ministry reporting another death from an attack days ago.
The Israeli military said it had "struck throughout the day several Hezbollah military structures in the area of Adaisseh", which is next to Taybeh.
According to the health ministry, at least one Lebanese and 11 Syrians were maimed, two seriously, in an Israeli strike on Maaroub, near Derdghaiya.
Hezbollah fired Katyusha rockets at an Israeli military base in Ga'aton, near Nahariya, "in response to attacks on civilian homes, especially in Maaroub."
The group later targeted surveillance equipment in Metula and a post in the occupied Kfarshouba Hills.
Separately, the health ministry specified that a Lebanese man who had succumbed to injuries sustained in an Israeli strike "several days ago" on the southern village of Beit Leef was a Hezbollah fighter, not a civilian as earlier reported.
Hezbollah claimed several attacks against military positions in northern Israel on Sunday, including at least two using drones.