According to the National News Agency, an Israeli airstrike targeted a motorcycle between Bafileh and Shahabiyeh in southern Lebanon. Israeli artillery shelled the town of Aita al-Shaab and the outskirts of the towns of Naqoura and Jabal al-Lubounah. A second airstrike targeted the town of al-Dhahira in the western sector just minutes after the first.
The Public Health Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced in a statement that the two Israeli airstrikes on al-Dhahira resulted in the initial death toll of two individuals. Additionally, Israeli artillery shelled the area of Wadi al-Hijir - Salouqi at the outskirts of the town of Qabrih.
The Israeli army also used artillery and phosphorus shells to target the outskirts of the town of Bani Hayan - Wadi Salouqi. Israeli artillery also shelled the Sabih and Bathti neighborhoods in the middle of the town of Hula.
**Hezbollah Operations**
In response, Hezbollah announced that it targeted the Ramya site with heavy artillery shells this evening. The group also stated that it shelled the Chomera barracks and an area where Israeli soldiers are deployed with salvos of Katyusha rockets. They additionally targeted the Metata barracks and an area where enemy soldiers are stationed with a salvo of Katyusha rockets, as retaliation for the aggression and assassination carried out by the enemy in the town of al-Dhahira.
Hezbollah claimed to have conducted an aerial attack with swarms of suicide drones on the command center of the 7th Armored Brigade of the 210th Golan Division at the Katsaviah barracks, targeting the positions and residences of its officers and soldiers in response to the attack in the Bekaa Valley.
**Northern Israel**
Meanwhile, the Israeli army radio reported that over 40 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards western Galilee. An Israeli media platform indicated that for the first time in two months, the number of rocket and drone launches from Lebanon exceeded 100 operations. Israeli media reported injuries in the Shomera settlement after it sustained a direct hit.
Israeli Channel 12 reported explosions from several drones in northern Golan. Sirens frequently sounded in several settlements in Upper Galilee and Golan this evening. Sirens were activated in dozens of settlements including Ma'yan Baruch, Margaliot, and Kiryat Shmona due to suspected drone infiltration.
