The Lebanese group Hezbollah said it launched dozens of rockets into Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli border town, early Wednesday in response to deadly Israeli attacks on the village of Hebbariyeh in southern Lebanon a day earlier.
Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have been exchanging fire across the border since war between Israel and Hamas broke out in Gaza, in the biggest escalation between the former enemies since a month-long conflict in 2006.
Both sides say they do not want an all-out war and are open to a diplomatic process, but attacks have increased this week after a lull in cross-border bombings.
Israeli emergency services said a rocket attack on Wednesday killed a worker in Kiryat Shmona, following warning signs in the region.
Paramedics from the MDA ambulance service said the man was pulled from the wreckage of the factory with serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
At least seven people were killed in Israeli strikes in Hebbariyeh, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters.
The Israeli strikes appeared to target the Islamic group’s emergency and relief center in the village, according to the sources.
Hezbollah condemned the attacks on Habbariyeh earlier on Wednesday. Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have killed more than half a dozen medical and rescue workers, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health.
The war in Gaza has spread beyond the enclave’s borders, reaching other parts of the Middle East.
In addition to tensions between Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah, Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have attacked ships in and around the Red Sea, and armed groups in Iraq, with close ties to Tehran, have attacked bases housing forces. of the USA in that country.
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