After Israel carried out two waves of airstrikes against strategic Hezbollah targets located deep inside Lebanese territory, the group’s deputy leader Naim Kassem stated that Israel had “crossed the line.”
“Hezbollah will not be silent about the Israeli attacks,” a source told the London-based news outlet The New Arab.
“The response will be the same and stronger. All options are open and Hezbollah is prepared and ready for any expansion of hostilities,” the source added.
Hezbollah had fired two heavy barrages of about 70 rockets and then another 30 rockets toward northern Israel in the span of two hours on Tuesday morning, after the IDF struck targets in the Baalbek region the night before.
The terror group continued its attacks throughout the day, claiming to have carried out 10 attacks against Israel, five of them using heavy Burkan-type rockets. The IDF said that attacks were registered in the areas of Zar’it, Shtula and Rosh Hanikra.
In response, Israel carried out two more waves of attacks against targets in the Baalbek region. The town of Baalbek lies in the Beka’a Valley in the northeastern part of Lebanon, about 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) north of the Israeli border.
The majority of the area is settled by a Shiite population and is seen as part of Hezbollah’s heartland, where much of its strategic infrastructure is located.
Israeli fighter jets attacked two military headquarters south of Baalbek in two attack waves on Tuesday.
“Hezbollah used these sites to store significant assets used to strengthen its weapons arsenal,” the IDF said in a statement.
Footage circulating on social media showed large smoke pillars rising from the areas that were struck.
In addition, the IDF struck military targets in the areas of al-Khayam, Bint Jbeil, al-Adisa and Ayta al-Sha’ab.
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