The Israeli army has recently resorted to a weapon from the medieval era to launch fireballs at southern Lebanon, according to video footage reported by the American newspaper "The Wall Street Journal." After a video of this weapon circulated online this week, many mocked the "return of Israel, a high-tech country, to medieval tactics," as they put it.
The American newspaper clarified that it verified footage showing Israeli forces using a "catapult" to hurl burning projectiles over a large concrete wall. The Israeli army claims that the purpose of using the "catapult" is to burn vegetation to improve visibility for its forces and to prevent Hezbollah militants from using branches for cover.
An Israeli military spokesperson confirmed that the forces used the catapult "in an isolated incident and for a specific target." "The Wall Street Journal" quoted an Israeli reservist soldier who stated that the "catapult" was constructed by reservists in a battalion stationed in northern Israel several months ago.
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging cross-border attacks almost daily since the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7.
