A new salute of 4 rockets was fired from the locality of Siddiqin in southern Lebanon towards northern Israel, Lebanese security sources indicate. On the Israeli side, sirens were heard, calling on the population of Haifa in particular to take refuge in the shelters made available to them.

Israeli forces responded with artillery fire from the identified locations from which the rockets were said to have originated.

This information comes in a context made tense by the situation in the West Bank following an attempt to expel Palestinian residents from East Jerusalem. Clashes have thus broken out between Israeli Arabs and the Jewish community and between Tsahel and Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip who have been subjected to intense bombardments for nearly a week.

Yesterday, on the Lebanese side, 5 people were injured in a demonstration denouncing the current events. 2 days ago, 2 Lebanese nationals were also killed following warning shots which took place after they crossed the blue line, the dividing line between Lebanon and Israel.

Small Palestinian groups, particularly Hamas from the Rachidiyeh camp, where they are mainly located in Lebanon, had already tried to activate the Israeli-Lebanese front by rocket fire in recent days, provoking an Israeli response. The Israeli authorities have already indicated that they hold their Lebanese counterparts responsible for any deterioration in security conditions. In addition, UNIFIL had also called for calm the two belligerents.

The July 2006 conflict began with the kidnapping of 2 Israeli soldiers on July 12 of that year by Hezbollah, which wanted to secure the release of a number of Lebanese and Palestinian fighters from Israeli forces.
This episode will kill more than 1,200 people on the Lebanese side, mainly civilians, 30% of whom are children due to disproportionate Israeli reprisals in civilian areas.
Only 160 Israelis will be killed, including soldiers.
The conflict ended with the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1701, which is supposed to guarantee Lebanese sovereignty over all of its territory.
However, the Israeli air force continues to violate Lebanese airspace, accusing the Shiite Hezbollah movement of continuing to arm itself.
In addition, Israel continues to occupy certain territories in Lebanon, including the farms of Chébaa, the northern part of the village of Ghajar, originally located in the Syrian Golan, and the hills of Kfarchouba. Tel Aviv also claims part of the Lebanese exclusive economic zone where, according to some studies, significant oil and gas resources are found.

Negotiations between the 2 countries to delimit the territorial maritime zones, however, began in October 2020 to be then suspended after Beirut extended its claims to an additional 1,430 km2.

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