Two people were killed on Monday in an Israeli
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on a vehicle in southern Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers..., according to the country’s health ministry, after the IDF said it had carried out overnight strikes on a number of Hezbollah buildings.
Hours later, five rockets were fired from Lebanon toward Israel, setting off sirens in a number of communities.
"The Israeli enemy’s strike targeting a car in Naqura left two dead," the Lebanese health ministry said, without specifying whether they were combatants.
A Lebanese security source told AFP that the car belonged to "a cleaning company" that was under contract with UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping force that patrols along the border.
The two victims were "an employee of this company and his cousin, both from Naqura," a town along Lebanon’s border with Israel, according to the source. "The cousin, who lives in an African country, arrived in Lebanon two days ago."
There was no immediate comment on the strike from the IDF. The military said earlier, however, that it had struck a number of buildings used by Hezbollah in five different areas of southern Lebanon overnight.
The strikes were carried out in Yaroun, Ayta ash-Shab, Hanine, Tayr Harfa, and Blida, according to the military, which published footage of the strikes.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pie fight, Bella opened her mouth at precisely the wrong moment...
a number of air raid sirens rang out in Israeli communities near the border on Monday afternoon, including in Ein Ya’akov near near Ma’alot-Tarshiha, as well as Shomera, closer to the border.
A rocket impact was identified near Ein Ya’akov, though no injuries were reported and there was no immediate word of damage. Hebrew media reports said five rockets were fired at Israel in the volley.
IDF: Fighter jets struck some 10 Hezbollah rocket launchers in south Lebanon this evening
[IsraelTimes] Israeli fighter jets struck some 10 Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Leb earlier this evening, the military says.
The launchers, which the IDF says posed a threat to Israeli civilians, were hit in Zibqin and Chihine.
As a result of the strike, several rockets were fired from launchers at the border community of Arab al-Aramshe, according to the military.
The IDF says some of the rockets were intercepted and others impacted open areas. No injuries were caused.
Separately, the IDF says it struck a Hezbollah observation post in southern Lebanon’s Houla.
IDF: Barrage of 30 rockets fired from Lebanon toward northern towns
[IsraelTimes] A barrage of some 30 rockets was fired from Lebanon at the Western Galilee this afternoon, the IDF says.
There are no injuries in the attack, claimed by Hezbollah.
Meanwhile, the IDF says it struck a building used by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon’s Markaba earlier today.
It releases footage of the strike.