[News] Hezbollah rockets rain down on Israeli army bases after airstrikes hit east Lebanon

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 Hezbollah rockets rain down on Israeli army bases after airstrikes hit
east Lebanon

Israeli jets carried out an overnight bombing in eastern Lebanon as
tensions continue to flare between the two nations

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

AUG 20, 2024 -
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(Photo credit: Hezbollah Military Media)

Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets
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at Israeli bases in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights on 20 August in
response to heavy airstrikes that hit eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa region hours
earlier.

“In response to the Israeli enemy’s aggression that targeted the Bekaa
region, the Islamic Resistance fighters bombed … the headquarters of the
210th Golan Division in the Nafah barracks and the headquarters of the
Artillery Regiment and Armored Brigade of the 210th Division in the Yarden
barracks, with intensive barrages of rockets,” Hezbollah said in a
statement on Tuesday.

The Israeli army said around 55 rockets were fired at the Galilee and Golan
Heights on 20 August, claiming some were intercepted and others hit open
areas.

According to *Al Mayadeen*, Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets during the
operation.

“Barrages were also fired at settlements that had not been evacuated, some
were intercepted – and fires broke out in the area,” the Hebrew news site
*Ynet* <https://www.ynet.co.il/blogs/319dayswar> reported.

The Hezbollah rocket attack came the morning after violent Israeli
airstrikes targeting Al-Safri, Tamnin al-Tahta, and Sareyn in the Bekaa
Valley. Massive explosions were seen in videos circulating on social media.

Nine people were injured in the Israeli attack, according to Lebanon’s
*National
News Agency* (NNA).

Israel said the attack targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot.

The strikes on eastern Lebanon came hours after an Israeli soldier was
killed in a Hezbollah drone attack
<https://thecradle.co/articles/hezbollah-thwarts-israeli-attempt-to-infiltrate-south-lebanon>
on the Yara and the Sanat Jin base.

The Lebanese resistance carried out several other operations on Monday,
including thwarting an Israeli army attempt to infiltrate southern Lebanon.

Israel’s allies have been scrambling to prevent Iran and Hezbollah from
retaliating to the Israeli attacks on their capitals last month. The
assassination of top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut on 30 July
killed several civilians, including children.

Washington has expressed hope that reaching an agreement to end the war in
Gaza could stymie an incoming response and avoid a larger-scale regional
war. Ceasefire talks – which took place in Qatar last week – ended without
any progress, as Hamas opted out of this latest round due to constant
obstruction and procrastination from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu.

Talks are expected to resume on Wednesday.

Hezbollah has repeatedly vowed that it will not stop operations until the
war in Gaza ends and has promised a harsh retaliation to Shukr’s
assassination in the Lebanese capital.
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