(6 Nov 2023)
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Rmeish village, Lebanon - 6 November 2023
1. Various of smoke plumes from Israeli shelling billowing
2. Israeli jet in sky, UPSOUND of shelling
3. Smoke in distance
4. Various of Iron Dome intercepting missiles in sky
STORYLINE:
Israel responded with shelling across the border of Lebanon, after Hamas militants fired 16 rockets into northern Israel on Monday.
Footage captured from the Lebanese village of Rmeish showed smoke plumes rising after Israel retaliated with airstrikes.
The exchange of fire along the border came as Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah said its fighters attacked three Israeli military posts along the border around sunset Monday scoring direct hits.
Hezbollah and its Lebanese and Palestinian allies have been clashing with Israeli troops since Oct. 8, a day after the war between Israel and Hamas began.
The fighting has been largely contained along the border but in recent days military activities increase in which an Israeli airstrike killed four civilians, a woman and three children, on Monday that was followed by a Hezbollah rocket attack on the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona that left one Israeli dead.
Hamas military wing, Qassam Brigades, said its fighters fired 16 rockets on the northern Israeli town of Nahariya and the southern outskirts of the city of Haifa in retaliation for Israeli attacks on Gaza.
The Qassam Brigades did not give further details in its statement but firing rockets toward Haifa is the furthest from Lebanon since clashes began along the border about a month ago.
The Israeli army said approximately 30 launches were identified from Lebanon toward northern Israel late Monday afternoon. The Israeli military said it is responding with artillery fire toward the origin of the launches.
Earlier Monday, the municipality of Kiryat Shmona called on residents who stayed in the town to leave amid increasing tension along the border with Lebanon.
The violence along the border has forced thousands of people on the Lebanese and Israeli side of the border to move away to safer areas.
Hezbollah officials have warned that if Israel kills Lebanese civilians, it will be considered a violation of the rules of engagement and it will retaliate by attacking civilian targets.
AP video shot by Bassam Hatoum
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