Israel attacks Lebanese territory with artillery after a projectile was fired from southern Lebanon

July 6 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Israeli Army has assured this Thursday that it has attacked Lebanese territory with artillery after a projectile was launched from the south of the neighboring country, amid the upturn in tensions between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite party-militia Hezbollah, which for now has not been confirmed. pronounced about what happened.

“A launch has been carried out from Lebanese territory,” said the Israeli Army, which has indicated that the projectile “has exploded in an area adjacent to the Blue Line -the common border–, in Israeli territory.”

In this sense, he stated through his account on the social network Twitter that “in response, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are attacking the area from where the launch was carried out from Lebanese territory.”

According to information collected by the Lebanese state news agency, NNA, several artillery shells have hit the surroundings of Kfarshuba and Halta, near the common border. Thus, the information points to the firing of more than 15 projectiles.

The Lebanese television channel Al Manar, linked to Hezbollah, has also pointed to the impact of 15 artillery shells in the area and has added that there is “complete calm” in the area after the end of the Israeli attack, without ruling on casualties or damage. materials.

The Israeli Army had recently confirmed that it had increased the level of preparation for possible attacks on all fronts as a result of the operation carried out between Monday and Wednesday in the West Bank city of Jenin, which left at least twelve Palestinians dead. and more than a hundred wounded.

Likewise, the incident took place amid the rise in tensions on the border after Hezbollah set up two tents in June in which there would be armed people in the Shebaa Farms, occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War. in 1967 and later annexed. Syria and Lebanon claim the territory belongs to them.

The head of the Israeli Army’s Military Intelligence Directorate, Aharon Haliva, said in May that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah “is close to making a mistake that could plunge the region into a major war. He is close to making this mistake.” error from Lebanon or Syria”, although the group warned that it is the Israeli leaders who “should be careful and not make wrong calculations”.