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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
'War, now!': Ben-Gvir calls on IDF to respond after 100 rockets fired at North - Darcie Grunblatt
by Darcie Grunblatt
Two barrages of at least 100 rockets in total were launched at northern Israel on Tuesday morning.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir slammed Defense Minister
Yoav Gallant on Tuesday after Hezbollah fired over a hundred rockets at
Israel's North, calling for a "war now" against the Lebanese terror
organization.
"Gallant,
the military is your responsibility. What are you waiting for?"
Ben-Gvir said in a statement. "Over 100 rockets launched at the State of
Israel, and you sit quietly?
"We have to start responding, attacking - war, now!"
Israel responded with several strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon after alarms sounded in the Galilee and the Golan Heights
as two barrages of at least 100 rockets in total were launched at
northern Israel on Tuesday morning, the IDF reported. The first round
contained 30 rockets, and the second round contained 70.
Crashes were reportedly sighted in open areas near Ein Kuniya, Snir, Sha'ar Yashuv, and Kfar Szold.
Hezbollah
said it fired these Katyusha rockets in response to Israeli bombardment
of the Bekaa region Monday night, Reuters reported.
An
Israeli air defense system intercept rockets fired from Lebanon as it
seen from the Israeli side of the border, on November 7, 2023. (credit:
AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90)
The IDF responded by attacking rocket launch posts
in Lebanon that had fired towards the North. A military compound in the
Khiam area was struck, and terrorist infrastructure in the Bint Jbeil
area was also struck on Tuesday, the IDF reported.
At
least one Hezbollah terrorist was killed, and several others were
injured after Israel launched several strikes on Baalbek in eastern
Lebanon, Reuters reported, citing two security sources and the Baakbek
governor, Bashir Khader. The IDF reported that these sites were
Hezbollah military command centers used to store weapons.
One
of the strikes hit the southern entrance of Baalbek, at least two
kilometers from ancient Roman ruins, the security sources said. The
three others struck near the city of Taraya, 20 kilometers west of
Baalbek.
The IDF continues to fire back
The IDF reported that fighter jets struck three launch posts that fired toward the Golan Heights.
Additionally,
the IDF reported that fighter jets attacked two Hezbollah compounds in
the area of Bekaa deep in Lebanon in response to the earlier rocket fire
towards the north of Israel. The compounds are affiliated with Hezbollah's airforce.
"Since
the establishment of the state, no Israeli government has ceded
sovereign territories, as the Gantz-Netanyahu government is doing,"
Major General and former Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan stated in
response to the rocket bombardment.
"A
quarter of a million [people] are displaced...Hundreds of rockets every
day," he added. "The abandonment of this territory will be a central
issue in the inquiry committee that will be established."
These exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah continue to escalate as the war with Hamas rages on in Gaza.
Later on Tuesday, a source in Hezbollah told the Qatari news outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, “The
resistance in Lebanon will not remain silent regarding the Israeli
attacks, whether in the south, the Bekaa, Baalbek, or any Lebanese
region, and the response will be the same and stronger."
“We
are at war with the enemy, regardless of its area; all possibilities
are open, and the resistance is fully prepared and ready for any
expansion," the source added.
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