IDF says Hezbollah breached truce, launching rockets at troops, drone at Israel

The Hezbollah terror group violated a ceasefire in Lebanon on Tuesday by firing several rockets at Israeli troops stationed in the south of the country, as well as launching a drone at Israel, the military said. Hezbollah took responsibility for the attacks, which it claimed were in response to Israeli violations of the ceasefire. According to the Israel Defense Forces, Hezbollah fired several rockets toward troops stationed in the Rab al-Thalathine area, within an Israeli-held security zone.

The IDF said that it struck the launcher used in the attack within a few minutes. Separately, the IDF said that sirens that sounded in the communities of Kfar Yuval and Ma’ayan Baruch on the Lebanon border were not false alarms as it had initially reported. Following an examination, the IDF said the alerts were triggered in the border communities due to the interception of a drone that was launched from Lebanon. The drone was shot down before crossing the border, according to the military. The IDF said the attacks were “blatant violations of the ceasefire agreement.” No injuries were reported.

In a statement, Hezbollah said it targeted an Israeli artillery position in the northern border community of Kfar Giladi with a rocket barrage and attack drones. Hezbollah claimed to have documented over 200 Israeli violations of the ceasefire since it took effect on Friday. The terror group said the attacks on the IDF were carried out in response to those violations and its “right to resist occupation and repel it.”  (Ed note: The area of the Rab al-Thalathine is about 9 to 12 miles directly north of the Sea of Galilee.)  (Read More)