The escalation continues on the southern front of Lebanon, with ongoing mutual bombardments between Hezbollah and the Israeli army. The National News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes targeted the area surrounding the mosque in the town of Aitaroun with two missiles. Media outlets reported the injury of two individuals in an Israeli airstrike on Aitaroun, which completely destroyed an empty house near the town's mosque and damaged several surrounding homes and shops.
The National News Agency reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted the town of Adaisseh, resulting in the death of two Hezbollah members, according to media reports. Furthermore, Saraya al-Quds announced in a statement the death of three of its members due to an Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon. The Israeli army announced the evening bombing of a military building belonging to Hezbollah in the Jabal Raslan area of Lebanon.
### Series of Airstrikes
A series of airstrikes carried out by Israeli warplanes targeted the outskirts of the town of Aita al-Chaab and the wooded area between Aita al-Chaab and Ramiah. A strike was recorded on the outskirts between Hawla and Markaba, while Israeli artillery targeted the outskirts of Naqoura, Kfar Shuba, Haltah, Kfar Hamam, and the town of Yaroun. Israeli planes targeted Tel Nahas on the outskirts of Kfarkela and conducted airstrikes on the Ghazlan Hill in Armat in the Jabal al-Rihan, as well as on the town of Khiam.
The strikes led to fires in the forests adjacent to the Blue Line near the towns of Ramiah and Aita al-Chaab. The Israeli army stated that it conducted "widespread attacks" in Lebanon, with Israeli warplanes carrying out 18 airstrikes on Jabal Balat and the outskirts of the towns of Ramiah and Beit Leif in the central sector, which were heard in the city of Tyre. Earlier, the Israeli army announced that it had launched a large-scale attack on more than 20 Hezbollah targets.
Residential neighborhoods in the town of Aitaroun were subjected to artillery shelling from Israeli positions within the occupied Palestinian territories this afternoon. The Israeli army used internationally prohibited phosphorus munitions in its assaults.
An airstrike targeted a house in the southwestern neighborhood of Khiam, resulting in fatalities and complete destruction of the building, with rescue teams working to clear the debris.
### Hezbollah's Response
In response, Hezbollah announced it targeted a building used by Israeli soldiers in the Metula settlement, another in the Manara settlement, and two buildings in the Shlomi settlement. They later declared that "after monitoring and tracking the movement of Israeli enemy soldiers at the Malaki site and upon their entry into one of the bunkers, we targeted it with directed missiles and achieved a direct hit. Concurrently, we shelled the site with artillery, causing casualties among its defending forces. We also targeted and destroyed their surveillance equipment."
Additionally, Hezbollah announced carrying out "an aerial attack with kamikaze drones on the command center of the recently established western brigade in Yara, hitting its target accurately." They also reported targeting the command center of the 91st division at the Branit barracks with a Burkan missile and achieving a direct hit.
### Branit Base and Samaka Site
In this context, Israeli media indicated that Hezbollah targeted Branit base in the western Galilee with a Burkan missile shortly after the departure of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. In the afternoon, Hezbollah announced that at 5 PM, it targeted the Samaka site in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills with missile weaponry, achieving a direct hit.
Hezbollah also announced that it targeted "one of the newly installed technical systems recently set up at the Al-Aasi site with an attack drone and struck it directly, leading to its destruction."
### Israeli Soldier Killed
Israeli media previously reported on "an incident on the northern border that resulted in the death of a reserve soldier and several injuries." It was also reported that Hezbollah launched more than 50 anti-tank missiles at northern Israel today.
