Israel "Hezbollah airstrike on civilian areas... launching counterattack"

Israel: "115 projectiles fired toward civilian areas"

The pro-Iranian militant group Hezbollah has launched airstrikes on civilian residential areas near the northern border, prompting the Israeli military to carry out retaliatory attacks.

On the 25th of last month (local time), houses in Acre, northern Israel, were destroyed by rocket attacks from Hezbollah, a pro-Iran armed group in Lebanon. [Image source=Yonhap News]

According to AFP on the 22nd (local time), the Israeli military stated that Hezbollah's airstrikes began in the early hours of the day.

The Israeli military said, "Hezbollah fired 115 projectiles toward civilian areas in northern Israel over the past few hours," adding, "As a result, we are currently targeting sites belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon."

Tensions between the two sides have escalated since the simultaneous explosions of Hezbollah's main communication devices, wireless pagers, in Lebanon on the 17th.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah labeled the incident as a 'declaration of war' by Israel and vowed retaliation, but Israel has since intensified clashes by eliminating Hezbollah commanders through targeted airstrikes on Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.