LAST UPDATE | 15 Oct 2023

ANTI-TANK MISSILE fire from Lebanon killed a civilian and wounded several others today in a northern Israel border community, Israel’s army said.

“The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) responded with fire and destroyed Hezbollah positions and the source of the fire,” an army spokesman said.

Hezbollah is a Lebanese militant group.

“In addition, there was fire at an Israeli military position. There were no casualties. The IDF responded with fire to the source of fire there too.”

The UN’s peacekeeping force in Lebanon reported today that there was fire exchanged across the Lebanese-Israeli border. 

The Department of Foreign Affairs told The Journal that all eight Irish personel serving there were safe and accounted for.

UNIFIL said its headquarters in Naqoura had been hit by a missile but that no peacekeepers were there at the time of the strike. 

Today we are observing intense exchanges of fire in several areas along the Blue Line between Lebanese territory and Israel.

— UNIFIL (@UNIFIL_) October 15, 2023

Separately, Hamas has claimed responsibility for two infiltrations from Lebanon to Israel that killed three of its fighters, as war rages between the Gaza-based militants and Israel.

The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, said its members were “able… to blow up the border fence and… go forth inside occupied Palestine,” clashing with “the enemy”, whose planes targeted the fighters, killing three on Saturday.

Yesterday, Israeli forces had said they killed several “terrorists” trying to cross from Lebanon.

In their statement, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades also claimed responsibility for an incident on Friday at the border when the group “advanced to go forth into occupied Palestine and was able to clash with the Zionist enemy army and withdraw peacefully,” on Friday.

Two Lebanese security sources had said on Friday that Israel shelled the southern Lebanon border region, after a blast occurred on the border fence, according to the Israeli army.

One of the security sources said the shelling followed an infiltration attempt from the Lebanese side of the border, while the Israeli army said it was responding to a blast that caused “light damage” to the border barrier.