Hezbollah Strikes Northern Israel’s Beit Hillel Command Center

On Tuesday, Hezbollah launched an attack on Israeli military positions and troops, including the Beit Hillel command center in northern Israel. This was accompanied by Israeli air raids and artillery bombardments targeting villages along the Lebanese border.

Hezbollah claimed to have inflicted casualties at the Beit Hillel command center and also targeted Israeli soldiers at the Jal al-Alam, al-Marj, and Ramim posts. The group had previously attacked the Ramim post using Burkan missiles and reported that all its attacks achieved direct hits.

In retaliation, Israel conducted air strikes on several locations including Mays al-Jabal, al-Labbouneh, Kfarshouba, Houla, Tayr Harfa, and areas near al-Naqoura.

The day before, Hezbollah had struck four Israeli posts in northern Israel, with three located in the contested Shebaa Farms, while Israel responded by hitting the launch sites of rockets in Lebanon and targeting additional locations, including those associated with Hezbollah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had declared on Monday that a decisive victory in Gaza would significantly weaken what he referred to as “the axis of evil,” consisting of Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Hamas.

Meanwhile, France and the U.S. are engaged in separate diplomatic missions in the Middle East, focusing on negotiating a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had previously cautioned that any potential ceasefire in Gaza might not extend to the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah.

Since the war between Hamas and Israel began on October 7, the border between Lebanon and Israel has seen almost daily instances of conflict, predominantly involving Hezbollah and the Israeli army.

Despite not being a formal part of the agreement, the ceasefire brokered in late November between Israel and Hamas, which led to the release of 105 hostages, saw a temporary halt in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah along the northern border. This ceasefire was facilitated by Qatar and Egypt.