The Israeli army announced Friday that its northern front with Lebanon and Syria did not witness any incidents overnight, following a relatively calm day on Thursday.
The Israeli military had announced Thursday evening that one of its drones had struck a cell that was “trying to fire anti-tank missiles from Lebanon at an Israeli military post.” For the first day since October 7, Hezbollah did not announce any attacks on Israeli military posts on Thursday. It however announced that three more of its fighters have been killed, without specifying when they were targeted.
Lebanon’s National News Agency meanwhile reported that Israeli forces shelled the Lebanese border towns of Dhayra, Alma al-Shaab, Naqoura and Aita al-Shaab at 1am, followed by the firing of phosphorus bombs at forests along the Blue Line, setting ablaze trees whose flames had been extinguished by firefighters earlier in the day.
Al-Manar television said Civil Defense member Hussein Sati was injured in a landmine blast as he was combating the flames sparked by incendiary Israeli bombs in al-Labbouneh’s forests.
Israeli warplanes also targeted the al-Labbouneh area in Naqoura overnight, triggering blazes in its forests, NNA added.
The Israeli army also fired flares over Aita al-Shaab and machine-gunned the area around its al-Raheb post as Israeli drones overflew the Tyre and Bint Jbeil districts until Friday morning.