The military media of "Hezbollah" announced that its members targeted the Marj site opposite Markaba with guided missiles and suitable weapons today, Monday, at 5:15 PM. In contrast, the Israeli army dropped a number of flares in the skies above its positions along the borders in the western sector. The spokesperson for the Israeli army stated that "the army targeted two groups of militants from Lebanon attempting to launch anti-tank missiles towards Israel." He added that Israeli drone aircraft targeted them after they were spotted in Har Dof and Metet settlements while attempting to launch anti-tank missiles towards Israel. The Israeli army indicated that it shelled Lebanese territory in response to the two groups. The Israeli forces published a video they claimed documented the targeting of one of the groups in Har Dof settlement.
In the field, it was reported that teams from the Red Cross, the Lebanese army, and "UNIFIL" worked to transfer the bodies of three martyrs and five injured from Kfar Hamam to Marjeyoun Hospital. Additionally, the Israeli artillery shelling expanded to reach the outskirts of Talousa, Markaba, Bani Hayan, and Majdel Salim. As a result, the International Organization for Migration announced that "approximately 20,000 people have been internally displaced in southern Lebanon and other areas since early October, as violence has escalated on the Lebanese-Israeli border following the outbreak of war in Gaza." The United Nations-affiliated organization clarified that "19,646 people were displaced within Lebanon since it began monitoring population movements on October 8, the day following Hamas fighters' attack on Israel and the Israeli counterattack on Gaza." It added that most of the displaced are from southern Lebanon, but some displacement also occurred in other areas.
Teacher Yola Ali Al-Suweid fled to Tyre after being injured in the shelling that hit her home in the border village of Al-Dhayra, where gunfire incidents occur repeatedly. Yola told Reuters: "The four floors of the school are all full; we are 11 people in the room," adding that "the overcrowding encourages some people to think about returning to their homes." In this context, Israeli army spokesperson Avichai Adraee announced via his account on the "X" platform that "Israeli air defenses intercepted a drone swarm that infiltrated from Lebanon into Israeli airspace."
Al Jazeera reported the fall of four Israeli shells in the vicinity of the Ramish town in the central sector of southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, "Hezbollah" mourned the martyrs Mustafa Hussein Zaiter "Abu Al-Huda" from the town of Jalala in the Beqaa, and Abbas Ali Al-Waqiya "Ali Al-Hadi" from the southern town of Ainatha. The "Lebanese Brigades for Resistance against the Israeli Occupation" also mourned fighters Ali Kamal Abdel Aal "Jihad" and Hussein Hassan Abdel Aal "Bilal" from the town of Halta/Arockoub.
A cautious calm prevailed along the southern border this morning, interrupted by the flight of Israeli reconnaissance aircraft after the recent airstrike by Israeli fighters on the southern outskirts of the town of Aitaroun from the direction of Maroun al-Ras, which was heard throughout the south. The Israeli army stated today that it launched a missile to intercept a "suspected aerial target" coming from Lebanon across the border, with sirens sounding in border areas as a precautionary measure.
On the ground, the Red Cross succeeded, in coordination with "UNIFIL," in retrieving three bodies from the heights of Halta after midnight, belonging to civilians from the Abd al-Aal family in Hasbaya, who were trying to retrieve the body of a Hezbollah member before being targeted by Israeli shelling. The villages in the western sector from Ras Naqoura to the town of Ramia and the rugged areas adjacent to the blue line experienced a quiet night, interrupted by the launch of flares. "UNIFIL" showed commitment at their military centers and several observation points in the tense areas.
