Hezbollah announced that it targeted a Merkava tank near the Branite barracks and hit it directly. In a previous statement, Hezbollah's military media declared, "In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in Gaza and in support of their noble resistance, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance today targeted the Jal al-Aalam site with guided missiles, achieving direct hits." They added in a third statement, "On Thursday afternoon, we targeted an Israeli infantry assembly on the Kerenit Hill near the Hadb Yaron site with appropriate weapons and achieved direct hits." In the afternoon, an Israeli army spokesman stated that following the sound of sirens in Shatula, multiple rockets were spotted being launched from Lebanon towards the area, and an anti-tank missile was fired at an Israeli army site in Dovif.
Additionally, the Israeli warplanes carried out intense airstrikes on the Labouna area and the Majidiya farm. Israeli warplanes flew reconnaissance missions over the western and central sectors. Hezbollah announced that it targeted the Maskeff Ya'am site with appropriate weapons, achieving direct hits. They also announced strikes on the Biyaad Bliida site, Yiftah barracks, the Metula site, and the Hermon site with appropriate weapons, achieving direct hits there as well. The party also reported targeting an Israeli infantry assembly on Kerenit Hill near Hadb Yaron and achieving hits, as well as targeting a gathering of occupation soldiers near the Shatula site and achieving direct hits. The Israeli army spokesman reiterated, "Following the sound of sirens in Shatula, several rockets were spotted being launched from Lebanon towards the area, and an anti-tank missile was fired at an Israeli army site in Dovif." In response, phosphorus artillery shelling targeted "Shibat and Alwan Hills" in the Kfar Shouba heights, and the Israeli army fired several shells on the outskirts of Mais al-Jabal and Mhibbib.
