At a time of significant escalation.. Two dead, one injured, and a huge fire in southern Lebanon

Two people were killed and another injured on Friday in an Israeli raid and clashes between Hezbollah The occupation army in southern Lebanon, while an Israeli flare bomb caused a fire in the Marjeyoun plain.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health said in a statement that an Israeli airstrike on the town of Aitaroun resulted in the death of one person and the injury of another.

For its part, Hezbollah announced the death of one of its members in clashes with Israel, bringing the death toll to 412 since October 8.

In Marjeyoun, the Lebanese News Agency reported that a huge fire broke out in the town's plain as a result of an Israeli flare shell falling opposite the settlement of Matla, while Israeli warplanes raided the towns of Kfar Kila, Yaroun, Deir Siryan, and Taybeh.

Huge fire on the road #mustard -Marjeyoun pic.twitter.com/wWBSIah5G8
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The agency said that the occupation army bombed at dawn on Friday the outskirts of the towns of “Ramiyeh, Beit Lif and Al-Qawzah with a number of direct shells”, while at midnight it targeted “Jabal Al-Labouna and the outskirts of the town of Al-Naqoura”, amid the continued flight of reconnaissance drones in several areas.

Yesterday, Thursday, Hezbollah announced that it had attacked 7 Israeli targets, including the settlement of Shamir in the Galilee Finger, which it bombed for the first time.

The party also bombed artillery positions in Al-Zaourah, and targeted with drones and weapons the positions of Al-Marj, Khirbet Ma'ar, Al-Malikiyah, Ma'yan Barukh, and Ruwaysat Al-Alam.

Since October 8, 2023, Lebanese and Palestinian factions in Lebanon, most notably Hezbollah, have been exchanging daily shelling with the Israeli army, leaving hundreds dead and wounded, most of them on the Lebanese side.

These factions demand an end to Israeli war on Gaza Since October 7th, which has so far left more than 132,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing.

Our mountains are our treasures

The Lebanese-Israeli border has also been witnessing increasing tension for about two weeks, as Tel Aviv prepares for a response from Iran and Hezbollah following the assassination of the head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitationIsmail Haniyeh and prominent Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr.

Hezbollah released a video on Friday titled “Our Mountains Are Our Treasures,” showing a missile launch facility called “Imad 4.” The video depicts the “Imad” facility and the many rocket launchers and military equipment it contains.

In the opposite camp, the Maariv newspaper said that the Israeli Security Cabinet meeting held yesterday, Thursday, discussed the latest developments regarding the possibility of Iran and Hezbollah launching an attack on Israel.

The newspaper added that the meeting discussed the possibility that the attack by Hezbollah and Iran would be a surprise and within a short period of time that would not allow the Council to convene.

The newspaper pointed out that Israel does not rely on the possibility that Iran and Hezbollah will link their expected attack to the success or failure of the negotiations currently underway in Doha.