Hezbollah says launched series of retaliatory attacks on Israel
militant group Hezbollah said it launched a series of attacks on Israeli military positions Saturday after state media reported Israel had stepped up its own strikes the night before.
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Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas on October 7, the Iran-backed Hezbollah has exchanged almost daily fire with the Israeli army in support of its Palestinian ally.
On Saturday morning, the Lebanese Islamist group said it had carried out «an air assault using explosive drones against… the Yiftah barracks, targeting the positions of enemy officers and soldiers».
It said the attack was in retaliation for a drone strike on a motorcycle in Majdal Selm earlier in the day.
The Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee said two people were wounded in the drone strike.
The Israeli military said in a statement that «two Hezbollah terrorists operating in the region of Majdal Selm were struck by an aircraft».
Later on Saturday, the Lebanese Shiite movement said it had «shot down a Hermes 900 drone which was attacking our people and villages».
Hezbollah, which has increased its use of drones in recent weeks, has also claimed responsibility for several attacks against Israeli military positions «in response to Israeli aggression against southern localities and civilian homes».
«The enemy (Israel) intensified its attacks last night,» Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
They included «a series of drone strikes… which resulted in
