The Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah fired some 60 rockets at an Israeli military base located on the Golan Heights on Monday amid growing escalation along the border between Lebanon and Israel.
There were no injuries reported from the heavy rocket barrage launched by Hezbollah forces, however, images on social media revealed that several Hezbollah rockets exploded close to a bus with Israeli school children, who swiftly exited the vehicle to take cover.
The Iranian-backed terror organization claimed that its rocket attack was a response to Israel's aerial strike against Hezbollah positions close to the Lebanese city of Baalbek.
“In response to the Zionist aggression near the city of Baalbek, Hezbollah fighters targeted the base in the occupied Golan Heights with 60 Katyusha rockets”, Hezbollah said in an official statement.
It was reportedly the first Israeli airstrike against Hezbollah in Baalbek since the outbreak of hostilities, which would make it the deepest strike in Lebanese territory. Baalbek is located over 62 miles (100 kilometers) from the Lebanon-Israel border.
Two Hezbollah terrorists, Hassan Ali Younes and Ahmad Mohammad Sindiyan, were eliminated in the Israeli strike, and three other Hezbollah operatives were injured.
In a separate strike, Israel eliminated the senior Hezbollah terrorist commander Hassan Hussein Salami in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli military reported that Salami was in charge of a Hezbollah unit responsible for terrorist attacks against both civilians and IDF soldiers in northern Israel. For instance, Salami had coordinated recent anti-missile attacks on the northern Israeli city Kiryat Shmona, as well as the base of the IDF's 769th “Hiram” Regional Brigade.
Some pundits have warned that a full-scale war between Hezbollah and Israel is only a matter of time. Six Israeli civilians and 10 IDF soldiers have been killed so far during the ongoing skirmishes on Israel’s northern border.
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