Lebanon's Hezbollah fires rockets in response to recent Israeli airstrikes
Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says it has fired a barrage of rockets near Israeli positions close to the Lebanese border, calling it retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon a day earlier. In a statement, Hezbollah says it rocketed “open fields” near Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa farms area, with “dozens” of rockets.
- Middle East
- Reuters
- Published Date: 12:02 | 06 August 2021
- Modified Date: 12:43 | 06 August 2021
The Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah said it had fired dozens of rockets at open ground near Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms area on Friday in response to Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon this week.
In a statement, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah said the Israeli airstrikes had hit open ground in Lebanon.
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