The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah claimed responsibility on Friday for firing several high-profile “Burkan” missiles capable of doing so carry warheads of up to half a tonagainst a military barracks in northern Israel in response to the Jewish state’s bombings in Syrian territory.
The pro-Iranian armed formation said in a statement that its fighters attacked “the headquarters of the General Command of the 91st Brigade at Biranit Barracks with Burkan rockets” at around 12:40 p.m. local time (10:40 GMT), according to The pro-Iranian armed formation said in a statement that Hezbollah was “directly hit.”
According to the note, this action was carried out “in response to the attacks by the Israeli enemy in Damascus and Aleppo” in the last few hours, which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries in both Syrian cities.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), for its part, confirmed that there were two projectile fires from southern Lebanon towards the Biranit barracks, without specifying whether the attack caused casualties or property damage, a military statement said.
Likewise, the IDF added that a few minutes after takeoff, Israeli warplanes reached the shuttle and then attacked “an adjacent Hezbollah military complex,” without providing further details. According to the statement, Israeli warplanes also attacked Shiite group facilities in several areas in southern Lebanon.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 36 Syrian government troops and six members of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah were killed this morning in a series of bombings by Israel against several positions in Aleppo province in northern Syria. .
According to the Syrian Defense Ministry, the Israeli bombing came just hours after another attack by the Jewish state on the outskirts of the capital Damascus that killed at least two civilians.
Separately, Hezbollah claimed five additional attacks against northern Israel, including two using Iranian-made “Falaq” projectiles against a group of soldiers Jal al Allam and the Zibdin Barracks, a recurring target of the armed formation in the disputed Chebaa Farms.
According to the Observatory, the Israeli bombings this morning targeted weapons depots belonging to Hezbollah, which Israel has been fighting on the Israeli-Lebanese border since October last year and against which it carries out parallel attacks on Syrian territory.
In addition, Hezbollah announced this Friday the deaths of seven of its fighters, without, as usual, specifying the place or manner of their deaths.