Hezbollah claims it targeted Israeli military base in occupied Golan Heights

ISTANBUL (AA) – Hezbollah on Friday said it targeted an Israeli military base in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights with dozens of Katyusha rockets.

The group said its fighters targeted the Israeli army’s Kela base, in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance against the Israeli onslaught.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damages. The Israeli military has yet to comment on the incident.

The Times of Israel, however, reported the activation of rocket warning sirens in the nearby settlements in the Golan Heights.

This is the first reported incident of Hezbollah targeting Israeli military sites in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

Targets Israeli surveillance systems near Lebanon border

Hezbollah also said that it had targeted Israeli surveillance systems near the border with Israel.

The resistance group said in a statement that it used missiles to target surveillance equipment at the Ar-Ramtha site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms.

The Israeli army has so far not commented on Hezbollah’s statement.

Earlier on Friday, the official Lebanese News Agency (NNA) reported that Israeli warplanes had targeted the vicinity of the Ali Al-Tahir Hill in the south.

Israeli fighter jets also targeted Haimool area in the town of Naqoura, southern Lebanon, the news agency said.

Israel’s artillery also shelled parts of the town of Aytrun in Bint Jbeil in the south, it added.

Tension has escalated along the border between Lebanon and Israel amid intermittent exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah since early October, in the deadliest clashes since the two sides fought a full-scale war in 2006.

The border tension comes amid an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 that has since killed at least 27,947 people and injured 67,459 others.