Publish Date: 15 October 2023 - 12:10

TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – The Lebanese Hezbollah movement targeted five Israeli outposts in the disputed Shebaa Farms area on the Lebanese-Palestinian border with guided missiles and mortar shells, according to a statement by the movement.

The attack occurred at 3:15 p.m. (1215 GMT) and included targeting radar sites in Ruwaisat Al-Alam, Al-Sammaqa, Zibdin, and Ramtha, Shafaq reports.

In response, the Israeli military launched attacks inside Lebanese territory, targeting the sources of the mortar fire. During the attack, Israeli forces also targeted a cell suspected of planning to launch an anti-tank missile.

Earlier this week, Hezbollah reported the martyrdom of three of its members due to the Israeli regime's bombing and military operations.

Israeli regime forces launched a sustained and forceful military attack against the Gaza Strip in response to a military operation last Saturday by the Palestinian group Hamas in Israel.

The conflict began when Hamas initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Strom-- a multi-pronged surprise attack including a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel via land, sea, and air.

Hamas said it was in retaliation for the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East al-Quds and Zionist settlers’ growing violence against Palestinians.

The Israeli regime's military launched Operation Swords of Iron against Hamas targets within the Gaza Strip in response.

That response was extended into cutting water, food, fuel, and electricity to Gaza in what it describes as a "full siege," further worsening living conditions in an area that has reeled under a crippling siege since 2007.

As many as 2,269 people, including over 700 Palestinian children, have been so far killed and 9,814 others injured since the regime launched its bloody aggression against the coastal territory.

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