The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it destroyed Lebanese movement Hezbollah's targets in Lebanon in response to recent launches.
"In response to the recent launches, IAF aircraft struck and destroyed a series of Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon. Among the targets struck were terrorist infrastructure, a command and control center, and military sites in which Hezbollah terrorists were operating," the IDF said on Telegram on Friday.
It said that the IDF also struck a launch post from which launches toward Israel had been identified earlier in the day using the precise 'Iron Sting' munition.
On October 7, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched a surprise large-scale rocket attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, breaching the border and killing and taking captives in nearby Israeli military sites and communities. The movement said its operation, Al-Aqsa Flood, was in response to Israeli provocations and occupation of Palestinian territories.
Israel launched retaliatory strikes and ordered a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million people, cutting off supplies of water, food and fuel. On October 27, Israel launched a large-scale ground incursion into Gaza, ostensibly to eliminate Hamas fighters and rescue hostages.
Later, Qatar mediated a deal between Israel and Hamas on a temporary truce and the exchange of some of the prisoners and hostages, as well as the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. The truce was extended several times, but on Friday, the fighting was resumed.
The escalation of the conflict has resulted in the deaths of some 1,200 people in Israel and more than 18,700, mostly children and women, in Gaza. Millions more Gazans have been displaced.
