Hezbollah claims rocket attacks on Israeli military sites in Galilee

ISTANBUL

Hezbollah said Thursday that it fired rockets at Israeli military positions in northern Israel in retaliation for the ongoing Israeli attacks against Lebanon.

In a statement, the Lebanese group said its fighters targeted Israeli sites in the Galilee region with rocket barrages.

It said the attacks were “in response to the criminal Israeli aggression that targeted dozens of Lebanese cities and towns, including the southern suburbs of Beirut.”

Lebanon’s Health Ministry and local media earlier said that at least 12 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in northern and southern Lebanon on Thursday.

Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged cross-border attacks since Monday in the wake of a large-scale US-Israeli offensive on Iran, in which more than 900 people have been killed since Saturday, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and top military officials.

According to Lebanese authorities, Israeli attacks have killed at least 72 people and injured nearly 450 others since Monday.

Israel has repeatedly violated a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, signed in November 2024, carrying out near-daily strikes that have left hundreds dead and wounded.

Israel began its offensive against Lebanon in October 2023 and escalated it into a full-scale war in September 2024, killing more than 4,000 people and wounding about 17,000.

*Writing by Lina Altawell in Istanbul