Hezbollah attacks Israeli tank, military sites near Lebanon border

Group claims hitting Merkava tank, military sites near south Lebanese border, causing significant damage, casualties

BEIRUT:

Hezbollah said on Thursday that it targeted an Israeli tank and several military positions near the southern Lebanese border.

In separate statements, the group said it hit an Israeli Merkava tank at the Hadab Yarin site with anti-tank missiles, resulting in its destruction and setting it on fire.

They also attacked the Rweisat Al-Alam site in the occupied Kfarchouba hills using rocket-propelled weapons.

Additionally, Hezbollah targeted the Birkat Risha site with Borkan missiles, sparking a fire.

In another statement, the group claimed responsibility for a drone attack on the Filon base southeast of the occupied city of Safed.

The base houses the 210th Division's headquarters and storage facilities in northern Israel.

Hezbollah stated that the drones accurately hit the positions of officers and soldiers at the base, resulting in confirmed casualties.

The Israeli military has not yet commented on Hezbollah's statements.

Earlier on Thursday, Mahmoud Mohammad Jbara, a senior leader of the Lebanese Jamaa Islamiya group, was killed in an Israeli drone attack in eastern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s official news agency.

The agency also reported injuries from an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the town of Jbal El Botm in southern Lebanon.

Fears have grown about a full-fledged war between Israel and the Lebanese resistance and political group amid an exchange of almost daily attacks. The escalation comes against the backdrop of a deadly Israeli onslaught against Gaza, which has killed more than 38,800 victims since October, following an attack by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas.