Hezbollah says it targeted Israeli troops in border areas, infrastructure near Haifa

Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said Thursday that it carried out a series of missile and artillery attacks targeting Israeli troops and infrastructure in northern Israel and border areas.

In separate statements, it said it fired missiles at infrastructure in the Kiryat Ata area east of the occupied city of Haifa.

Hezbollah also said it targeted gatherings of Israeli soldiers and vehicles with missiles in the settlements of Metula and Malkia in northern Israel.

The group added that it shelled Israeli soldiers and vehicles with artillery fire at Jnijal Hill near the southern Lebanese town of Qantara.

It said another missile strike targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the Sadr area near the southern Lebanese town of Aita al-Shaab.

Later, Hezbollah said that it targeted gatherings of Israeli soldiers in the settlements of Yir’on and Al-Malkiya with rocket barrages, bringing the total number of its attacks on Thursday to 12.

The Lebanese group said that its drones also targeted the settlement of Even Menachem in northern Israel.

Israel has pounded Lebanon with airstrikes and launched a ground offensive in the south since a cross-border attack by Hezbollah on March 2.

Lebanese authorities said that nearly 1,318 people have since been killed and 3,935 others wounded in the Israeli assault.