Hezbollah Rocket Hits Israel, 2 People Killed

Hezbollah/PHOTO Flag Via Wikimedia Commons/Ali Khara

JAKARTA - Two people died after a rocket hit Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel, said Magen David Adom national emergency service.

Hezbollah said it was targeting Israeli troops in the city with rockets.

There have been no detailed reports of the Hezbollah rocket attack on Wednesday, October 9.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah fighters reportedly clashed with the Israeli military near the southern Lebanese border town of Naqura.

"There was a shootout between the enemy and the resistance group (Hezbollah) in the Al-Labbouneh area near the city of Naqura," the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported by CNN, Wednesday, October 9.

Hezbollah previously said its troops managed to repulse Israeli attacks on the region at around 5 a.m. local time.

The Islamic Resistance Mujahidin targeted them with artillery shells and rockets and carried out direct attacks, leading them to retreat, the group said.

Militer Israel mengatakan kepada CNN adanya kkegiatan kontra-terorisme yang sedang berlangsung di Lebanon tetapi belum mengomentari insiden tersebut secara spesifik.

On Tuesday, the Israeli military said it had expanded its operations to southwest Lebanon.

Landstrikes in southern Lebanon, which began on October 1, previously focused on the eastern part of the border region.