Hezbollah missiles hit IDF post on Mount Meron
Smoke rises after rockets fired from Lebanon hit an open area in mount Meron, northern Israel, May 15, 2024 (Photo: David Cohen/Flash90).
The Lebanese group Hezbollah shot two to three anti-tank missiles at an Israeli military post on Mount Meron, the Israeli military confirmed on Friday morning.
Hezbollah took responsibility for the attacks and claimed to have directly hit the strategic Air Force radar station on Mount Meron.
An IDF spokesman later confirmed that the missile struck near the base but that there were no injuries and the aerial detection capabilities were not harmed in the attack.
Hezbollah forces have attacked the Meron base several times during the past several months of conflict.
The base is located about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the Israel-Lebanon border. Airstrikes on the strategically important radar station usually come in response to Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets deep within Lebanese territory.
Hezbollah also launched about six rockets at the town of Malkiah in the Upper Galilee on Friday morning.
לפני זמן קצר כוחות אוגדה 146 זיהו חוליית מחבלים שתכננה לבצע שיגורים לעבר שטח מדינת ישראל, הכוח הכווין כלי טיס של חיל האוויר שחיסל את חוליית המחבלים במרחב טיר חרפה שבדרום לבנון.
לאחר החיסול זוהה שיגור שיצא ממרחב התקיפה, מה שמעיד על המצאות אמצעי לחימה ורקטות במקום>> pic.twitter.com/A4rgDsQN2g
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The IDF said that soldiers of the 146th Division stationed on the border identified a terror squad in Tir Harfa in southern Lebanon preparing to launch rockets at Israel on Friday morning.
An aircraft then struck and destroyed the building. Footage of the strike released by the IDF shows a rocket flying off after the blast, indicating the presence of ready-to-launch rockets at the site.
Lebanese media later reported that three people died as a result of the strike.
In addition, the IDF said carried out artillery fire against Hezbollah targets in the Sheba area in southern Lebanon.
On Thursday evening, the IDF continued its recent intensified efforts to bomb Hezbollah’s weapons caches.
מוקדם יותר היום, מטוסי קרב של חיל האוויר תקפו מחסן אמצעי לחימה ששימש את ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה במרחב אל ג’בין שבדרום לבנון.
לאחר התקיפה זוהו פיצוצי משנה המעידים על הימצאותם של אמצעי לחימה רבים במחסן שהותקף>> pic.twitter.com/siEHcLyqNB— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) August 22, 2024
Israeli media reported that the IDF has been focusing on these targets in recent weeks to erode the terror group’s weapons stockpiles in preparation for an eventual escalation of tensions into an all-out war.
Israeli Air Forces (IAF) fighter jets struck a weapons owned by Hezbollah in the al-Jabbin region in southern Lebanon. “After the attack, secondary explosions were detected indicating the presence of many weapons in the warehouse that was attacked,” the IDF stated.
Additionally, Israeli forces struck military buildings in the areas of Ayta al-Sha’ab and Mais al-Jabal with IAF jets and helicopter gunships, and shelled with artillery other targets, including some in Shuba, Ayta al-Sha’ab and Wadi Hamool.
