This past week, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 43 attacks on military and civilian targets in northern Israel, compared to 47 attacks the previous week. For the first time since the beginning of the fighting, the Lebanese Companies for Resistance to the Israeli Occupation claimed responsibility for firing a rocket at Israel. Two civilians and a soldier were killed and eight soldiers and civilians were injured in the attacks, and property was damaged.
Israeli Air Force aircraft attacked Hezbollah targets and operatives in south Lebanon and deep inside the country. Hezbollah reported that three of its operatives had been killed.
According to reports, Hezbollah tightened the rules for securing information because of Israel’s attacks on senior commanders and operatives.
Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah gave four speeches in which he reiterated the organization’s position that a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip would lead to an end to fighting on Israel’s northern border and rejected the demand for the withdrawal of Hezbollah forces beyond the Litani River.