Israel Strikes Observation Posts, Multiple Buildings in Southern Lebanon

Israel continued its airstrikes against southern Lebanon today, striking at least two buildings in Ghandouriyeh. A Hezbollah operative had been reported inside one of these sites but no results have been reported.

Later in the day, Israel targeted another building in Houla that was said to be used by Hezbollah. No word has been reported about the results of this strike either.

Observation posts along the border continued to be a favored target of Israel, as two posts in Kafr Kila and Yaroun were struck in the course of the day’s attack.

Hezbollah fired rockets at a series of targets in Israel, including Yiron, Mt. Dov, Misgav Am, and Margaliot. Reportedly military launch sites were the targets, although it is unclear what was hit. Israel responded, as it often does, with artillery fire against the source of the rockets.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health issued a new statement on the emergency in the south of the country, and said five new injuries were reported among civilians. The statement, however, does not make clear whether these injuries were from today or earlier.

All of this comes just a day after Hezbollah’s strike against Israeli ground troops, which wounded at least two. The two injured, reported as moderately and lightly wounded, were hospitalized.

Both sides have been launching near daily attacks against one another, even as the international community scrambles to reach a border deal between Lebanon and Israel that would preclude an Israeli invasion.

Hezbollah has conditioned any deal in Lebanon on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which is something the international community is also desperately working on with Israel. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has, however, suggested any ceasefire in Gaza would allow more troops to be committed to southern Lebanon.