The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired greater than 100 rockets into northern Israel on Tuesday morning, in response to Israel’s navy. It was one of many heaviest barrages within the months of cross-border strikes which have fed fears that the conflict in Gaza might increase to a different entrance.
It was not instantly clear how most of the rockets landed or had been intercepted by Israeli air defenses. Israel’s navy stated its fighter jets had retaliated by hanging a variety of websites linked to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
In an announcement, Hezbollah stated it had launched the volley in response to Israeli navy strikes on Monday in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley and as a present of assist for Palestinians in Gaza.
The group is a key ally of Hamas, whose Oct. 7 assaults on Israel led to the conflict in Gaza. On Tuesday, Hezbollah stated that its chief, Hassan Nasrallah, had met with high Hamas officers to debate “the continued negotiations to realize a cease-fire in Gaza and fulfill the resistance’s circumstances.”
A type of officers was Khalil al-Hayya, who led Hamas’s delegation at latest cease-fire talks in Cairo. America, Egypt and Qatar had been pushing to dealer a truce between Israel and Hamas earlier than the beginning of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, on Monday, however the negotiations stalled.
Since Israel’s bombardment of Gaza started, Hezbollah has been firing rockets into northern Israel on a near-daily foundation. The Israeli navy frequently responds with strikes in opposition to Hezbollah-linked targets inside Lebanon.
Each Hezbollah and Hamas are backed by Iran, and the clashes alongside Israel’s border with Lebanon have raised issues that the conflict in Gaza might erupt right into a wider regional battle.
The violence has displaced about 80,000 Israelis from areas close to the border with Lebanon; an identical variety of Lebanese have fled their houses on the opposite aspect.
Israeli leaders have stated that there are solely two choices for restoring calm within the battle with Hezbollah: a diplomatic settlement that strikes the militant group’s forces farther from the border or, failing that, a serious navy offensive aimed toward reaching the identical objective.
Euan Ward and Adam Sella contributed reporting.