Dozens of Hezbollah rockets hit Meron Air Base in northern occupied lands
Fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have conducted multiple operations against Israeli military sites, firing dozens of rockets from southern Lebanon toward border areas on the northern side of the 1948 occupied territories.
Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television news channel reported that dozens of Katyusha rockets were launched from Lebanon at Meron Air Base on Saturday in retaliation for Israeli military strikes on Qaouzah and Markaba villages as well as the town of Sarbin in southern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, Israeli media outlets said a major radar site inside a military base had sustained damage as a result of Hezbollah attacks.
A heavy salvo of missiles was also launched towards settlements in Mount Meron area of the Upper Galilee region, including Safsofa, Hagnoz, Kfar Hosh, and Bar Yoha.
Earlier on Saturday, Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said Hezbollah’s support for the Gaza Strip had held back Israeli military plots against Palestinian territories and southern Lebanon.
“Those who fail to ponder on the future are the ones who are ignorant of the Zionist enemy, and are unable to acknowledge the facts that their support will yield benefits beyond solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and dense of Lebanon’s security. Their support will result in the creation of a full-fledged deterrent force against Israel which will prevent it from crossing red lines,” Sheikh Qassem underlined.
He said proposals put forward to bring calm to the volatile border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied lands will be effective if they ensure a complete ceasefire and an end to near-daily cross-border fire.
“Anyone who comes up with an initiative for a ceasefire in southern Lebanon to relieve Israel’s anxieties gives the regime a chance for ramping up its aggression against Gaza,” Sheikh Qassem said.
The Israeli regime has repeatedly attacked southern Lebanon since October 7, when it launched a genocidal war on Gaza that has killed at least 34,388 Palestinians, most of them women and children.
In retaliation, Hezbollah has launched near-daily rocket attacks on Israeli positions.
At least 380 people have been killed on the Lebanese border, including 72 civilians.
The fighting has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands from the northern part of the occupied territories, amid rocket fire and shelling carried out by Hezbollah and allied Palestinian groups.
Hezbollah has already fought off two Israeli wars against Lebanon in 2000 and 2006. The resistance forced the regime to retreat in both conflicts.
