Hezbollah Launches Missiles at Israel, IDF: Drags Lebanon into a Conflict That's None of Its Business

Hezbollah soldiers. (Wikimedia Commons/Tasnim News Agency)

JAKARTA - The Israeli military says there has been a significant increase in escalation in its clashes with the Hezbollah group in the last few days.

IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus told CNN Thursday that Hezbollah had fired a number of anti-tank missiles from Lebanon into Israel, targeting military and civilian positions and causing casualties.

"What Hezbollah is doing now is dragging Lebanon into a conflict that is none of its business, and of course will not be profitable," said Lt. Col. Conricus, reported by CNN, October 19.

Lt. Col. Conricus added that Hezbollah had also tried to infiltrate Israel, but this attempt was thwarted by the IDF.

It is known that Hezbollah and Israel exchange fire almost every day on the border, since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, with Israel responding with fierce air attacks on Gaza, as quoted by Reuters.

Hezbollah said it carried out six attacks on Israeli military posts along the Lebanese border on Wednesday using missiles, machine guns and 57 mm mortars.

Hezbollah said two of its fighters were killed in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, while another fighter was in serious condition.

The group said it had attacked five locations on Wednesday, including an Israeli barracks in Zar'it and a position across the border from the Ras Naqoura area in Lebanon, using missiles in some of the attacks.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army said it responded to gunfire directed at its military post in the Zar'it region, and also responded after militants fired anti-tank missiles towards Kibbutz Manara and Rosh HaNikra near the border.