Israel claims it has struck thousands of Hezbollah targets in Syria and Lebanon

An Israeli military spokesman reported attacks on “more than 3,400 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon” since October 7, claiming that 200 “terrorists and commanders” had been killed during the period.

The Israeli military said on Saturday it had struck thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah targets in Syria and southern Lebanon since the start of the war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas in Gaza in October.

“We have been attacking Hezbollah structures in Syria since October 7,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari said during a press briefing. “We attacked more than 50 targets on the ground and by air,” he added, adding that the Israeli army rarely acknowledges its operations in Syria.

It also reported “strikes against more than 3,400 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon”, claiming that 200 “terrorists and commanders” were killed during the same period. None of these claims were independently verifiable by the AFP.

Regular exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah

Since the unprecedented attack by the Islamist movement Hamas in Israel on October 7, which sparked the war in Gaza, there have been constant exchanges of fire between Iran, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Israeli military and Hezbollah. Hamas.

Hezbollah regularly claims to target Israeli military positions along the border, in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel responds by bombing southern Lebanon.

In nearly four months, 218 people, mostly fighters, have been killed in southern Lebanon, according to an AFP count. According to the military, on the Israeli side, fifteen people died, nine soldiers and six civilians.

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