IDF Fires at Targets Inside Lebanon After Anti-Tank Missile Lands Near Israeli Border Town
- IDF Fires at Targets Inside Lebanon After Anti-Tank Missile Lands Near Israeli Border Town
by https://www.rt.com/
The Israeli military has reportedly engaged in a cross-border exchange of fire, after an anti-tank missile – said to have come from Lebanon – landed near an Israeli border town.
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“A number of anti-tank missiles were fired from Lebanon towards an Israel Defense Forces base and military vehicles. A number of hits have been confirmed,” the IDF said in a statement on Sunday, adding that the Israeli military is “responding with fire towards the sources of fire and targets in southern Lebanon.”
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An IDF spokesman said later in the afternoon that while hostilities appeared to be over, Israeli forces remain on alert.
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Tensions between Israel and Lebanon have increased, following a series of Israeli drone excursions into Lebanese territory. Earlier on Sunday, the Lebanese military said an Israeli drone violated Lebanon’s airspace and dropped incendiary material, sparking a fire in a pine forest near the border.
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