{"id":1431721,"date":"2023-10-09T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1431721"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T17:50:00","slug":"israel-hunting-down-infiltrators-in-north-amid-shelling-from-lebanese-hezbollah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/israel-hunting-down-infiltrators-in-north-amid-shelling-from-lebanese-hezbollah\/1431721\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Hunting Down ‘Infiltrators’ In North Amid Shelling From Lebanese Hezbollah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel Hunting Down ‘Infiltrators’ In North Amid Shelling From Lebanese Hezbollah<\/span><\/p>\n

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A ‘worst nightmare’ scenario is unfolding for Israel, as its officials have long feared war on two fronts. Following weekend reports of sporadic shelling and missile fire out of south Lebanon into northern Israel, it’s increasingly becoming evident that Lebanese Hezbollah has joined the conflict<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Starting Sunday, Hezbollah confirmed in a statement that it sent “large numbers of rockets and shells”<\/strong> against Israeli positions in solidarity with the “Palestinian resistance.” And on Monday, videos are widely circulating of fresh attacks and retaliatory shelling from the Israeli side. There are reports that Israeli helicopters are active along the border, seeking to thwart Hezbollah “infiltrators”<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u26a1\ufe0fSouth Lebanon now pic.twitter.com\/ZtirXEjUYU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 War Monitor (@WarMonitors) October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting Sunday, Hezbollah officials declared their involvement in fresh hostilities at the Israel-Lebanon border<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“The responsibility obliges all the sons of our nation not to be neutral and we are not neutral,” Safi al-Din said at a pro-Palestinian rally in Beirut, Lebanese news site Naharnet reported.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hezbollah official referred to his group’s shelling of Israel, saying: “The resistance sent a message this morning.” <\/strong>He said “it is our right to target the enemy that is still occupying our land and the Israelis must read this message well.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Much of this initial shelling and missile fire reportedly occurred in the area Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which was annexed by Israel in 1981. Casualties on either side remain unclear and undisclosed.<\/p>\n

Below: Times of Israel <\/em>writes, “A picture taken from southern Lebanon on October 9, 2023, shows an Israeli Merkava tank driving in the border town <\/strong>of Metula, Israel.”<\/p>\n

Via AFP<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

A separate Hezbollah statement being reported in regional media said, “Palestine is not Ukraine. If America intervenes directly, all American locations in the region will become legitimate targets of the resistance axis and will face our attacks<\/strong>. And on this day there will be no red line left.”<\/p>\n

Indeed, if a fresh conflict with Hezbollah spirals, there’s an increased likelihood that Israel could begin targeting locations in Iran.<\/p>\n

A weekend Wall Street Journal <\/em>report alleged the Iranians had funded and helped organize the Saturday Hamas incursions into southern Israel, which left hundreds of Israelis dead.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah rally in south Beirut, via AFP\/Getty<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

According to regional analyst Samuel Ramani, “Hezbollah has claimed missile and artillery attacks on three parts of Shebaa Farms at the intersection of the Golan Heights and Lebanon-Syria border.” This includes the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Radar
\n\tZabdin
\n\tRuwaisat al-Alam<\/p>\n

BREAKING \u2014 Bursts of rockets have been launched from Sour in South #Lebanon<\/a> into #Israel<\/a>, a security source has confirmed. In retaliation, Israel shells areas of Zebqine, Khalila & Thuhayra. IDF spox reports \u201ca number of suspects\u201d infiltrating Israeli territory from Lebanon. pic.twitter.com\/MHjdu9V2Nz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sally Abou AlJoud | \u0633\u0627\u0644\u064a (@JoudSally) October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

As for Iran, it has denied that it was behind the Hamas attacks. “Iran\u2019s representation to the United Nations rejected claims that Iran was involved in Hamas attacks on Israel, the semi-official Iranian Students\u2019 News Agency\u00a0reported<\/a>, citing Ali Karimi-Maqam, a member of the delegation,” Bloomberg noted.<\/p>\n

BREAKING \u2014 Israeli helicopters are currently striking in Lebanese territory after infiltration from Lebanon, Israeli military reports pic.twitter.com\/iBURhDczUP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rag\u0131p Soylu (@ragipsoylu) October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

An Iranian government statement said: “We stand at Palestine\u2019s side in firm support out of sympathy. But we have no role in Palestine\u2019s response, because it is done purely by Palestine itself<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 10\/09\/2023 – 09:50<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/israel-hunting-down-infiltrators-north-amid-shelling-lebanese-hezbollah<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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