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A recent spike in tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, fueled by 10 months of cross-border skirmishes, took a deadly turn with the loss of an Israeli soldier in northern Israel.
In response, Israel conducted a precision raid on Hezbollah’s secret arms caches in eastern Lebanon, a move that has raised the stakes in this protracted conflict.
The latest flare-up in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict was sparked by the tragic loss of an Israeli soldier in northern Israel, a devastating incident that followed months of simmering tensions and cross-border skirmishes.
A confidential source within Hezbollah’s orbit disclosed that Israeli military operations in the eastern Bekaa region had focused on destroying the group’s weapons caches, a sensitive topic that required the source to remain anonymous.
According to Israel’s military, its aircraft had conducted a series of strikes on Hezbollah’s weapons storage facilities in the Bekaa region, triggering intense secondary explosions that indicated a significant stockpile of arms had been hit and destroyed.
Lebanon’s health ministry reported that eight people were injured in the eastern part of the country due to the Israeli strikes. The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel has been ongoing since the Gaza war began on October 7, with Hezbollah backing its ally Hamas in the conflict.
The violence has largely been restricted to the Lebanon-Israel border area, although Israel has repeatedly struck the country’s eastern Bekaa valley, where Hezbollah has a strong presence.
Fears of further escalation have mounted as Hezbollah and Iran vowed to respond after an Israeli strike last month on Beirut killed a top Hezbollah operations chief, Fuad Shukr, hours before an attack in Tehran, blamed on Israel, killed Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.
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Earlier on Monday, the Israeli military said a member of its Bedouin Trackers Unit “fell during combat in northern Israel”.
According to Lebanon’s health ministry, a deadly Israeli drone strike on a vehicle near Tyre claimed the life of one person, as the conflict continues to exact a heavy toll on civilians and combatants alike.
Hezbollah announced that two of its fighters had made the ultimate sacrifice, following a deadly Israeli strike in the border village of Hula that claimed the lives of two people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
Israel’s military announced that its air force had launched airstrikes on Hezbollah militants in Hula and struck the group’s military infrastructure in southern Lebanon, in a bid to disrupt its operations.
Hezbollah claimed it had retaliated against an Israeli “aggression and assassination” in the Tyre area of south Lebanon, where the Israeli military had earlier announced that its aircraft had successfully targeted and killed a senior Hezbollah commander from the elite Radwan unit.
The group announced that it had launched a simultaneous air assault, utilizing drones loaded with explosives to strike the Israeli Yaara barracks and a base near the coastal town of Acre, approximately 10 miles from the frontier.
