BEIRUT: Lebanese Hezbollah group on Tuesday claimed to target the Israeli army’s northern command center while responding to recent assassinations and repeated attacks on civilians in Lebanon and Syria.
It said it had launched a large number of missiles at the Mount Meron base in its second such strike since war between Hamas and Israel started on October 7.
The first strike came on January 6 in response to killing of Hamas deputy leader Saleh Al-Aruri in a strike in Beirut by Israel.
Earlier, a top official from Hezbollah had warned Israel would receive a real slap in the face if it expanded the conflict along the Lebanon-Israel border.
Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged -daily fire over their border since the Israel-Hamas war started on October 7. The Aruri killing has led to fears of an escalation in the war.
The health ministry in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday that at least 25,490 Palestinian people, including women and children, have been killed in the ongoing Israeli bombardments since October 7.
The latest toll also included 195 fatalities in the last 24 hours, a ministry statement said. It added that more than 63,354 people had been injured in the war.
Earlier, 24 Israeli soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip, the army admitted on Tuesday, the biggest death toll in a single day since the conflict began in October, amid what people of Palestine said was the most intense bombing of southern Gaza in the war.
