(Dan Tri) – Israel continues to attack targets of the Hezbollah force in Lebanon while the conflict in the Gaza Strip has not cooled down.
Bullets explode at the Lebanon-Israel border (Photo: Reuters).
According to the Lebanese news agency, on the morning of November 16, Israel launched missile and artillery attacks on the outskirts of the Lebanese border villages of Naqoura, Blida, Alma Al-Shaab and Labouneh.
The Lebanese government said the Labouneh area was `almost barren` due to Israel’s use of `incendiary bombs`.
Meanwhile, sirens were activated in the northern Israeli town of Shtula after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the discovery of `several missiles` launched from Lebanon.
The IDF also said it was attacking areas along the Lebanese border with artillery fire after the Dovev area in Israel was attacked, but there were no casualties.
The IDF also announced in a social media post that it attacked Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on November 16, including `several military positions`.
Following the Israeli attacks, Hezbollah launched several attacks against the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel.
The IDF confirmed that the Misgav area and IDF posts in Metula were attacked, but there were no casualties.
`IDF forces attacked artillery fire sources,` the IDF announced.
The IDF also said it attacked a group attempting to launch anti-tank missiles from Lebanon on November 16.
Location map of Israel (Photo: BBC).
Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for using armed drones to attack Israeli military positions along Israel’s northern border in recent days.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed the fighting on the Israel-Lebanon border, and warned that those who want to expand attacks against Israeli forces are `playing with fire`.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant also warned that Hezbollah is `about to make a serious mistake` if the group continues to carry out attacks near Israel’s northern border.
Hezbollah is a Shia Muslim armed group backed by Iran and also a major political party operating in Lebanon.
The US has expressed concern about a second front on the Israel-Lebanon border, if Hezbollah forces join the war.
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told CNN on November 16 that Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip has destroyed decades of efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and left `the entire region in flames.`
`Israel does not create security for itself by attacking innocent Palestinians. It sets the entire region on fire and destroys the work that many have done over decades to ensure that we
Foreign Minister Safadi warned that Israel had `destroyed all peace efforts in the region` and that the war against Hamas had set regional relations back more than 30 years.
Previously, the Jordanian diplomat warned that fighting would cause `catastrophic consequences` and called on all parties to make efforts to prevent the risk of the Israel-Hamas conflict spreading throughout the region.
`Signs show that the worst is about to happen. The disaster will have painful consequences in the near future. The decision to end it is not in our hands, but in Israel. We must make efforts to end it.`
The above warning was issued when the war between Israel and Hamas lasted more than a month and continued to show signs of dangerous escalation.