{"id":32271,"date":"2024-04-07T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T05:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=32271"},"modified":"2024-04-07T10:58:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T05:58:18","slug":"israel-strikes-hezbollah-infrastructure-in-eastern-lebanon-as-tension-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/israel-strikes-hezbollah-infrastructure-in-eastern-lebanon-as-tension-escalates\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel strikes Hezbollah infrastructure in eastern Lebanon as tension escalates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">TEL AVIV- Israel military said that it launched air strikes on eastern Lebanon early on Sunday, hitting Iran-backed group Hezbollah infrastructure sites after an Israeli drone was shot down by Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">Reuters citing Lebanese security sources said an Israeli attack in eastern Lebanon targeted a training camp belonging to Hezbollah in the eastern city of Baalbek, near the border with Syria. The strikes targeted village of Janta and Safri town near Baalbek, the sources added.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">\n<p class=\"qrShPb pXs6bb PZPZlf q8U8x aTI8gc EaHP9c\" data-local-attribute=\"d3bn\" data-attrid=\"title\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwibls-_ra-FAxUT7QIHHSGmDdgQ3B0oAXoECF4QFQ\">Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a statement stated that fighter jets struck a military complex and three other infrastructure sites belonging to Hezbollah leading to the escalation in the region. The sites targeted overnight belonged to Hezbollah\u2019s air defense unit in northeastern Baalbek.<\/p>\n<p data-local-attribute=\"d3bn\" data-attrid=\"title\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwibls-_ra-FAxUT7QIHHSGmDdgQ3B0oAXoECF4QFQ\"><em><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/iran-vows-strong-response-as-it-accuses-israel-of-irans-consulate-strike-in-syria\/\">Iran vows strong response as it accuses Israel of Iran\u2019s consulate strike in Syria<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p data-local-attribute=\"d3bn\" data-attrid=\"title\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwibls-_ra-FAxUT7QIHHSGmDdgQ3B0oAXoECF4QFQ\">Sources in Lebanon&#8217;s Civil Defense Department told international media there were no casualties from the strikes.<\/p>\n<p data-local-attribute=\"d3bn\" data-attrid=\"title\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwibls-_ra-FAxUT7QIHHSGmDdgQ3B0oAXoECF4QFQ\">Israeli forces on Telegram said the strikes were &#8220;in retaliation for the attack in which an Israel Defense Forces drone was shot down over southern Lebanon&#8221; by a surface-to-air missile on Saturday. The Iran-backed group claimed responsibility for downing an Israeli drone.<\/p>\n<p data-local-attribute=\"d3bn\" data-attrid=\"title\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwibls-_ra-FAxUT7QIHHSGmDdgQ3B0oAXoECF4QFQ\">Hezbollah initially said it downed an Elbit Hermes 450, but later claimed it was a Hermes 900 model. The Israeli army&#8217;s spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said the drone crashed in Lebanese territory after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. The incident is under investigation, he said in a post on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEL AVIV- Israel military said that it launched air strikes on eastern Lebanon early on Sunday, hitting Iran-backed group Hezbollah infrastructure sites after an Israeli drone was shot down by Hezbollah. Reuters citing Lebanese security sources said an Israeli attack in eastern Lebanon targeted a training camp belonging to Hezbollah in the eastern city of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":32272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,9,3],"tags":[14656,14659,14660,12602,14658,14657],"class_list":["post-32271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-eastern-lebanon","tag-hezbollah-israeli-strike","tag-israel-palestine","tag-israel-palestine-conflict","tag-israeli-attack","tag-lebanon-hezbollah-attack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}