BEIRUT — Cross-border fire between the Israeli army and the Lebanese Hezbollah is intensifying amid the growing risk of a serious escalation that could lead to an expansion of the war between the two sides.
The Israeli army on Tuesday launched at least 16 airstrikes on a valley in south Lebanon, in one of the most intense bombardment of a single location since cross-border hostilities began in early October, Lebanese security sources told Reuters.
The Israeli army confirmed the strikes, saying in a post on the X platform that its forces successfully conducted a “combined attack” using fighter jets and artillery against dozens of positions, military buildings and weapons infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in Wadi Slouqi, which lies a few kilometers from the border with Israel.
The Lebanese sources did not confirm whether Hezbollah positions were targeted, but they said that the Iran-backed group had previously launched rockets toward Israel from Wadi Slouqi.
