On Saturday, the Israeli army intensified its shelling and airstrikes against areas and sites near the southern Lebanese border in response to rockets fired from Lebanon targeting northern Israeli settlements. Israeli forces targeted the Hammass hill in Sardah with two shells in the evening. Since 8:15 PM, the outskirts of the towns of Aita ash-Shab and Yaroun in the Bint Jbeil District have been subjected to intermittent artillery shelling originating from Israeli positions within Palestinian territories. The artillery fire targeted the main road between Markaba and Adaisseh.
Israeli warplanes conducted an air assault, executing a strike on the town of Ainata in the Bint Jbeil District, targeting a house near its water reservoir. Ambulances were reported heading to the scene. The warplanes also carried out a series of airstrikes targeting the coastal plain of Qlayla and a building in the town of Kawtheriyat al-Siyad, with no reported casualties.
According to the National News Agency, Israeli warplanes struck the outskirts of the town of Ain Baal in the Tyre District. Heavy flights of warplanes and reconnaissance aircraft were recorded over villages in the western and central sectors. New incendiary phosphorus shelling targeted the city of Al-Khiam for the second time today. Additionally, towns such as Rab3 Thalathin, the outskirts of Yaroun, and Al-Duhayra, as well as the outskirts of Tayr Harfa, came under fire. An Israeli drone also attacked the town of Marwahin, concurrent with the flight of warplanes, and a second strike targeted the town of Yaroun near the town mosque.
For its part, the "Islamic Resistance" announced that it "targeted this evening, a gathering of enemy soldiers around the Al-Manarah site with appropriate weapons, and they hit it directly," and also targeted "a gathering of enemy soldiers around the Jal al-Alam site with appropriate weapons, inflicting casualties among dead and injured." The "Islamic Resistance" further stated that its fighters targeted the Bayad Bledd site with rocket fire at 3:40 PM on Saturday, January 6, 2024, resulting in direct hits.
The residents of southern Lebanon awoke to the sound of rocket fire from Lebanese territory towards the Upper Galilee in northern Israel, marking a new chapter in the evolving "rules of engagement" that are gradually slipping towards a broader war. Following a night of intense clashes, tensions escalated in southern regions on Saturday morning.
