Hezbollah carries out its threat and attacks Israeli military positions after the beginning of the offensive in Gaza

The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah claimed responsibility this Saturday for two simultaneous rounds of attacks against Israeli military positions, the first since the Jewish State announced on Friday night an expansion of its ground operations against Gaza and launched its worst bombings in three weeks.

This afternoon, Hezbollah attacked two posts located in northern Israel with artillery and other “appropriate weapons”, while its fighters launched a simultaneous action with guided missiles against a third position, the armed movement reported in a series of statements.

Also at the same time there was another attack with unspecified “appropriate weapons” and with which the group claimed to have inflicted “direct” blows.

This group had already promised that the moment Israel began ground operations in Gaza, it would begin attacks in northern Israel.‏

Simultaneous actions

At 6:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time), the Shiite formation once again launched a round of two simultaneous actions against a military barracks and a “congregation of occupation soldiers” that was located near it, according to two notes released this afternoon by Hezbollah.

These are the first actions that the group officially takes credit for since Israel announced on Friday night an expansion of its ground operations against the Gaza Strip and carried out its largest bombing raids since the start of the war on October 7.

Since shortly after the outbreak of that conflict, Hezbollah and Israeli forces have been engaged in parallel attacks across the divide between both countries, where actions claimed by Palestinian factions present in Lebanese territory have also taken place.

As has been happening daily, Israel also attacked southern Lebanon this Saturday, including an action against Hezbollah's military infrastructure that its Army argued was a response to three launches previously carried out from Lebanese territory.

The escalation has raised fears that Lebanon will become a second front in the Gaza war, as the Lebanese government maintains contacts domestically and internationally to try to contain the situation.