Hezbollah Rockets Force Tens of Thousands of Israelis into Shelters
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hezbollah's rocket attacks on Israeli settlements in the northern parts of occupied Palestine have driven tens of thousands of residents to seek refuge in shelters, following a series of Israeli air raids on southern Lebanon that killed three Syrian children.
Israeli media reported on Thursday that 60,000 panic-stricken settlers rushed to shelters after Hezbollah targeted Meron, Nahariya, and other settlements.
Hezbollah fired 80 rockets in retaliation for recent Israeli air raids on southern Lebanon, which resulted in the deaths of three Syrian children.
Warning sirens were activated overnight in Nahariya and communities across the Western Galilee, in both the northern Israeli-occupied territories and southern Lebanon, following the rocket barrage by Hezbollah, according to media reports.
Hezbollah stated on Wednesday that the group fired rockets targeting Israeli settlements in response to the air raids on southern Lebanon, bombarding a total of seven settlements.
“The fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted the settlements of Sa’ar and Gesher HaZiv with dozens of Katyusha rockets, as part of the response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks on the steadfast southern villages, safe homes, and targeting of civilians, especially the horrific massacre in the town of Umm al-Tout, resulting in three child martyrs,” the statement said.
Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Wednesday, “Our front in Lebanon will remain active as long as the aggression against Gaza, its people, and its resistance continues in all its forms.”
Nasrallah cautioned that the continuation of aggression against Gaza would prompt the Lebanese resistance to start targeting “new Israeli settlements that were previously untouched.”
He added that Israel was “suffering across multiple fronts: Its army, security service ... political parties, immigration, self-confidence, the people’s confidence in staying, and the world’s view of it.”
“This is the result of relentless fighting and steadfastness,” Nasrallah said.
Both sides have been trading near-daily fire along the Lebanese southern border since Israel launched its war on the Gaza Strip last October.
Hezbollah officials have repeatedly said they do not want a war with Israel but are prepared in case it occurs.
The Lebanese resistance movement has vowed to continue retaliatory attacks in solidarity with the Palestinians as long as Israel continues its campaign in Gaza, which has so far killed over 38,794 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
