Politics Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at northern Israel again

In response to a suspected Israeli attack in southern Lebanon, the pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah has once again fired dozens of rockets at Israel.

Hezbollah announced that Katyusha rockets had been fired at the village of Beit Hillel in northern Israel for the first time. This was a reaction to the Israeli attacks on villages such as Kafr Kila in the south of Lebanon, in which civilians were injured.

According to Lebanese security sources, around 50 rockets were fired at northern Israel from southern Lebanon. According to Israeli media, many rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system. Since the outbreak of the Gaza war, there have also been daily exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli military. There have been casualties on both sides.

The situation in the Middle East has recently come to a head. Following the targeted killings of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr and Hamas foreign chief Ismail Haniya, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah announced revenge.

Iran is also threatening a harsh retaliation and bloody revenge. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave the order to attack Israel directly in retaliation for the death of Haniya. It remains unclear when the threatened retaliatory strike could take place. Tehran's and Hezbollah's statements repeatedly refer to the "next few days".

Israel can count on the support of the USA and other allies, who will help to intercept a potentially large number of simultaneously fired rockets, cruise missiles and drones with modern defense systems. Israel assumes that the attacks threatened by Iran and Hezbollah could take place "on several fronts".