MADRID 17 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Israeli Armed Forces confirmed this Sunday, and for the first time since the beginning of the invasion of Lebanon, the presence of an artillery unit on Lebanese soil.
Specifically, the 411th Battalion of the 282nd Artillery Regiment of the Israeli Armed Forces has crossed the border with self-propelled M-109 howitzers to bomb Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, according to the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’.
The military statement highlights that with the presence in the area the range of the Lebanese artillery is increased and the coverage for the ground forces fighting the Hezbollah militias is improved.
Since the ground incursion into Lebanese soil began on September 30, the 282nd Regiment has bombed thousands of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, including weapons warehouses, command centers and rocket launchers, and has killed hundreds of members of the group. , according to the military text.
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