As Israel and Hezbollah continue to exchange gunfire, tensions along the border between the two countries have grown. These confrontations have centred on this little Mediterranean nation, which is home to the Shiite Muslim political organisation Hezbollah and its armed branch of the same name.
Since the start of Israel’s conflict with the Palestinian organisation Hamas, Hezbollah and Israeli forces have exchanged gunfire across the border. The launches have only focused on certain regions thus far. 24 of Hezbollah’s militants have reportedly died since Hamas’ horrific onslaught in southern Israel on October 7.
In the almost daily fighting, at least six militants from Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas, as well as four civilians, have perished. If Israel launches a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, which is imminent, Hezbollah has threatened to escalate, and Israel has declared it would respond with force.
“Hezbollah will not be present in the Second Lebanon War if it chooses to join the conflict.” While touring troops positioned close to the border with Lebanon on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, “It will make the mistake of its life.” “We will cripple it with a force it cannot even imagine, and the consequences for it and the Lebanese state are devastating”.
In 2006, a month-long conflict between Israel and Hezbollah culminated in a tense standoff. Small-arms fire was heard across the tense border towards the northern Israeli town of Avivim, which is home to important military installations, from the vicinity of the Lebanese village of Aitaroun, according to the state-run National News Agency of Lebanon.
Israel, meanwhile, shelled regions close to the town of Blida in southeast Lebanon. The most significant threat Israel faces comes from Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran and is thought to have 150,000 rockets and missiles pointed towards Israel. The gang was accused by Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus early on Sunday of “escalating the situation steadily.”
The command centre of the Israeli military’s northern division, the Biranit barracks near the Lebanon-Israel border, was the target of an alleged Friday strike, according to a video posted by Hezbollah on Sunday. The gang released footage that appeared to be an overhead view of an attack on what appeared to be a troop of soldiers.
Conricus stated during a video briefing that the group had targeted military installations in Mount Dov, a contested area in Lebanon known as Shebaa Farms, where the boundaries of Israel, Syria, and Lebanon converge, specifically in recent days.