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    IDF strikes 3 Hezbollah anti-tank missile squads in Lebanon

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    The Hawk
    November21/ 2023
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    Hezbollah Attacks on Israel's Border Escalate Tensions: IDF Responds with Airstrikes and Artillery, Warning of Dire Consequences

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    Tel Aviv: A spokesman for the Israeli military on Tuesday said the forces hit three Hezbollah anti-tank squads on the country's border with Lebanon.

    In a post on X in Hebrew, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said that in reponse, military aircraft "attacked a number of terrorist targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation, including military infrastructure and infrastructure for targeting terrorism".

    He also said that earlier in the day, "terrorists fired a mortar bomb at an IDF post in the Lebanese border area" but there were no casualties.

    "IDF forces attack the source of the shooting with artillery," the spokeman added.

    In a separate statement, the IDF said that there were repeated attacks towards northern Israel with missiles and mortars fired from Hezbollah centres.

    Israel has warned the the Iran-based militant group of dire consequences it launched an attack against the Jewish nation.

    The Lebanon-Israel border has witnessed increased tension for six weeks after Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets toward Shebaa Farms on October 8 in support of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.

    —IANS