The UN-led UNIFIL operation, which also includes a couple of hundred Finns, is negotiating with both sides.
The Israeli Armed Forces says that it has launched a series of attacks on Lebanon, from the area of which more than 30 rockets were fired at Israel yesterday. Israel also carried out several attacks on Gaza the night before Friday.
In southern Lebanon, at least 3 explosions were heard in the Tyros region at dawn on Friday. At least two shells hit near the Palestinian refugee camp.
According to the pro-Hezbollah al-Manar channel, three different areas in southern Lebanon were targeted by the gunfire, including the area of the refugee camp.
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the attacks were aimed at the open areas of the Rashidieh refugee camp and the village of Kalila, from where the rockets were launched yesterday. No one has been reported killed or injured in the attacks.
Just before the armed forces launched their strike on Friday night, the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would respond to the rocket attacks.
According to Israel, 44 rockets were fired into its territory during the night from Lebanon and Gaza, of which Israel’s air defense destroyed 25, 12 fell in an uninhabited area and nine in the sea. One unexploded anti-aircraft missile fell into a residential building in the city of Sderot, reports Haaretz magazine (you will switch to another service).
Aimed at Hamas
According to the Israeli armed forces, it struck several targets belonging to the extremist organization Hamas in southern Lebanon. The armed forces statement said Israel struck “infrastructure targets” and other Hamas targets.
– The Israeli armed forces do not allow the terrorist organization Hamas to operate from Lebanon and interpret Lebanon as responsible for all firings coming from its territory, the statement states.
Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati strongly condemned on Thursday evening the series of rocket attacks on Israel from the area, which Israel blames on the Palestinians in the area.
According to Mikati, Lebanon rejects all attempts to use its territory for operations aimed at destabilizing the situation.
UN: Both Israel and Lebanon say they don’t want war
The UN-led UNIFIL operation operating in the border area between Lebanon and Israel says that both sides have announced that they do not want war. The head of the operation has negotiated with the parties on both sides of the blue line.
The UN says that the events of the last few days are dangerous and the risk of escalation is serious.