LAST UPDATE | 31 Dec 1899
ISRAELI TROOPS HAVE crossed the border into Lebanon and raided nearby villages.
The Israeli military said its troops have started “targeted ground raids” in villages in southern Lebanon.
Airstrikes and artillery bombardments preceded the attack.
The incursions are targeting Hezbollah close to the border, an Israeli military statement said.
Not long later, Syrian state media said three civilians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, citing a military source. Nine others were wounded.
“The Israeli enemy launched an air aggression with warplanes and drones from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting several points in Damascus,” the official SANA news agency said, adding that “three civilians were killed and nine others injured”.
According to Haaretz’s reporter Yaniv Kubovich, writing about Lebanon:
“The IDF announced that it has begun a targeted ground incursion against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The army’s announcement said that the operation began a few hours ago …