Israel blows up bridge allegedly used by Hezbollah to move troops into south Lebanon

The Israeli Air Force blew up a bridge over Lebanon’s Litani River on Sunday, accusing Hezbollah of using it to move operatives and weapons into the country’s south, as Israel warned that its fight against the Iran-backed terror group had “only just begun.” The strike on the Litani’s Qasmiya Bridge was met with anger from Beirut, which warned that the step was a “dangerous escalation” and demanded that the international community intervene to deter Israel from expanding its operations in Lebanon.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces said a Hezbollah drone impacted near Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, lightly wounding a soldier. Another four troops were lightly wounded in a safety-related incident during operations in southern Lebanon later Sunday, while two others were lightly wounded in a “work accident” in northern Israel, the IDF said, adding that all seven troops were hospitalized in good condition with their families notified.

Israel has carried out massive airstrikes in Lebanon and pushed troops farther into the country after Hezbollah renewed its rocket attacks on Israel on March 2 amid the bombing campaign that the US and Israel launched in Iran on February 28. The Qasmiya Bridge was the fifth to be targeted by Israel since March 2. The IDF had warned earlier on Sunday that it intended to bomb the river crossing, located along Lebanon’s coastal highway just north of Tyre, to prevent Hezbollah from moving operatives and weapons into southern Lebanon. (Read More)