(8 Nov 2023)
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Yaroun village - 8 November 2023
1. Flare bomb over Yaroun village in southern Lebanon
2. Various of plumes of smoke, UPSOUND shelling
3. Wide of smoke plume next to Yaroun village
4. Plume of smoke billowing up
5. Wide of Israeli outpost
6. Plume of smoke billowing up
7. Wide of Yaroun village with smoking looming over
STORYLINE:
Large smoke plumes could be seen over southern Lebanon on Wednesday from retaliatory Israeli shelling, after Lebanese militant group Hezbollah claimed two attacks on Israeli infantry units in the areas of Shomera and Dovev.
Earlier Wednesday Hezbollah said their attacks had inflicted casualties on Israeli forces. There was no immediate confirmation of the casualties from the Israeli military.
Following the strikes, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency and an Associated Press journalist in south Lebanon reported heavy shelling on several border areas in Lebanon.
Hezbollah said in a statement that the attack on Dovev was in retaliation for Israeli forces targeting an ambulance in Lebanon.
On Sunday, local Lebanese officials said an Israeli drone had struck near two ambulances on their way to pick up casualties from overnight strikes in southern Lebanon, wounding four paramedics.
The Israeli army said it had launched strikes on a “terrorist cell” that was attempting to fire missiles toward Israel and hadn’t intentionally targeted the vehicles.
Another Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon on Sunday evening hit a car driving between the towns of Ainata and Aitaroun and killed four civilians, including three children and their grandmother, and wounded the children’s' mother.
An Israeli military statement later said the car had been "identified as transporting terrorists" and that it was reviewing "allegations that there were civilians in the vehicle."
Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants and their allies have been clashing for a month along the border since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. While clashes remain largely contained, they have increased in intensity as Israel conducts a ground incursion in Gaza against Hezbollah ally Hamas.
AP Video shot by Bassam Hatoum
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