In the morning,
Hezbollah fired rockets and shells at the
Shebaa Farms region; in response, the
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired artillery shells and a drone into southern Lebanon.[1][2][3] Two Lebanese children were reportedly injured by broken glass.[4]
9 October
Israel exchanged a series of airstrikes on Southern Lebanon near the towns of
Marwahin,
Ayta ash Shab[5] and
Dhayra in the
Bint Jbeil district.[6] This was after numerous Palestinian militants infiltrated the Israeli border.[7] The IDF killed at least two perpetrators (likely Palestinians),[6] while a third returned to Lebanon.[8]
A Hezbollah media source announced that one of their members died in the IDF retaliation. Hezbollah denied involvement in the incident, and the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad militia claimed responsibility for the armed infiltration. Hezbollah later announced the death of two other militants at night.[9]
Hezbollah fired rockets and artillery in retaliation.[10] During the clashes, two Israeli soldiers and Lt. Col
Alim Abdallah, Deputy Commander of the IDF's 300th Brigade, died of wounds inflicted by enemy fire on the border and another three were wounded.[11]
10 October
Hezbollah and the IDF exchanged fire, with Hezbollah firing a salvo of rockets into
Israel and an attack on the security forces brought out by the Palestinian factions.[12]
Hezbollah fired an anti-tank guided missile at an Israeli military vehicle in the
Avivim area, prompting a retaliatory Israeli helicopter strike.[13]
11 October
Hezbollah fired anti-tank missiles at an Israeli military position and claimed to have produced casualties. In response, the IDF shelled the area where the attack was launched.[14]
The IDF ordered residents of northern Israel to seek shelter following reports of drones being launched from southern Lebanon.[15]
A
Patriot missile was launched to intercept a suspicious projectile, after which the IDF found that the object in question was not a drone.[16]
Warning sirens were activated across northern Israel after reports emerged that up to 20 infiltrators on paragliders had entered Israeli territory from Lebanon, before the IDF dismissed the report as a
false alarm.[17]
12 October
The Israeli Defence Ministry announced that one soldier was killed and another injured by an anti-tank missile fired by Hezbollah.[18]
Hezbollah deputy chief Sheikh
Naim Qassem said that 'when time comes for any action, we will carry it out' stating that Hezbollah was ready and 'would "contribute" to confrontations against Israel according to its own plan'.[20]
The IDF fired artillery into southern Lebanon following an explosion that caused minor damage to a section of the Israel–Lebanon border wall near Kibbutz
Hanita.[21]
Lebanese
Reuters video journalist,
Issam Abdallah, was killed, while at least six other journalists from Reuters,
AFP and
Al Jazeera were injured.[22] The
Lebanese Army said that two others were injured during the strike.[23]
14 October
The IDF released footage of a drone attack which, according to them, killed three infiltrators from Lebanon near
Margaliot who were members of
Hamas.[24] One of them was acknowledged by Hezbollah as one of their members.
In the afternoon, Hezbollah fired 50 mortar shells and six anti-tank missiles towards five Israeli outposts in the Shebaa Farms.[23]
Further IDF shelling killed two civilians in a Shebaa village; video and photographic evidence showed usage of
phosphorus bombs.[25]
15 October
Hezbollah launched five anti-tank missiles towards northern Israel killing one civilian and injuring three others in
Shtula.[26][27]
UNIFIL said that their headquarters in
Naqoura in southern Lebanon was hit by rocket fire with no casualties reported.[28]
Lieutenant Amitai Granot, commander of the 75th Battalion of the IDF's
Golan Brigade and son of
Rabbi Tamir Granot, was killed in a missile attack on an IDF post bordering Lebanon.[29][30]
16 October
The IDF announced the evacuation of residents of settlements two kilometers away from the Lebanese border.[31]
In the afternoon, shots were fired towards IDF positions near the border which Hezbollah claimed responsibility for.[32] The IDF responded with artillery fire. Hezbollah said that it had started destroying surveillance cameras on several Israeli Army posts.[33]
In the evening, anti-tank missiles were fired at an IDF tank and gunshots were aimed towards multiple army positions. The IDF attacked the sources of the fire with artillery. There were no reported casualties in either exchanges on that day.[34]
Amnesty International reported that the IDF fired white phosphorus shells into Dhayra, hospitalizing nine civilians and setting fire to civilian objects.[35] Aya Majzoub, the Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, described the attack as a violation of international law that needed to be investigated as a war crime, and that it "seriously endangered the lives of civilians, many of whom were hospitalized and displaced, and whose homes and cars caught fire".[36]
17 October
Lebanese state media reported that Dhayra and other areas along the western section of the border came under "continuous" bombardment overnight.[37]
In the early morning it was reported that multiple people were suffering from symptoms of suffocation after the IDF allegedly fired white phosphorus shells on the village.[38] Three people were injured after an anti-tank missile from Lebanon landed in the Israeli town of
Metula.[39]
The IDF said it had killed four would-be infiltrators along the Lebanese border as they attempted to plant bombs on the border wall.[40] Hezbollah announced that five of its members were killed that day but it was unclear if any had involvement in the border infiltration.[41]
Dozens of rockets were fired at the northern Israeli cities of
Nahariya and
Kiryat Shmona from southern Lebanon, injuring at least three civilians. Hamas said its cells in Lebanon were responsible for the attacks. Israel responded with airstrikes on Hezbollah positions.[43]
The Lebanese army said that one was killed and another injured after a group of seven Iranian journalists were targeted with machine guns by Israel, although Iranian state media denied the claim and said that all its journalists were "alive and healthy".[44][45]
UNIFIL peacekeepers said that one person was killed after civilians were caught in a cross-fire at the border in which the Lebanese Army requested assistance by UNIFIL to deescalate the situation. It was requested to Israel to suspend fire "to facilitate the rescue operation".[46][45]
20 October
At noon, the IDF said that one of their aircraft killed three Hezbollah militants who infiltrated the border into
Shtula.
In the afternoon several projectile launches were carried out from Lebanon towards northern Israel, the IDF responded with artillery fire at the sources of the attacks. The IDF announced that an Israeli-American reserve soldier was killed and three others were wounded.[47]
21 October
In the early afternoon, a number of rockets were fired from Lebanon toward the Shebaa Farms; there were no injuries.
The IDF conducted a drone strike on the team of militants that launched the rockets.[48]
A short while later, anti-tank guided missiles were fired from Lebanon toward Margaliot and Hanita; two foreign workers were injured. The IDF conducted airstrikes against the missile teams.[49]
In the evening, another anti-tank guided missile was fired from Lebanon toward
Bar'am. One IDF soldier was seriously injured and two others were lightly injured. The IDF responded with several airstrikes in southern Lebanon, some of which targeted other missile teams preparing attacks.[50]
22 October
The IDF said an anti-tank guided missile was fired from Lebanon toward the Shebaa Farms in the late morning. The IDF responded with tank fire and killed the missile team.[51]
In the early afternoon, several mortars were fired toward
Yiftah; no damage or casualties were reported. In the evening, an anti-tank guided missile was fired toward
Arab al-Aramshe; the IDF responded with continued airstrikes against missile launching teams. Seven teams in total were struck over the course of the day.[52]
23 October
After a day of IDF strikes against Hezbollah missile teams, in the evening an anti-tank guided missile was fired toward Kiryat Shmona. Two were injured, and a house was damaged. The IDF responded with continued airstrikes against missile and rocket teams, along with strikes against Hezbollah border posts.[53]
24 October
The IDF said a Hezbollah member was killed as he tried to fire at Israel from southern Lebanon near Bar'am.[54]
The IDF conducted airstrikes against two Syrian military positions in southwestern Syria, marking the first time the IDF publicly targeted the Syrian military since the Israel-Gaza war began.[19]
25 October
In the morning, the IDF attacked a group of militants trying to fire anti-tank missiles from Lebanon into Israel.[55]
At around 16:00, four rockets were launched towards Israeli territory, which fell in open areas.
The IDF claimed that it had eliminated five Hezbollah cells in south Lebanon. It later fired two artillery shells in the oustkirts of
Blida and Ayta ash Shab with phosphorus bombs.
Phosphorus bombs caused fires in Ayta ash Shab, Deir Mimas,
Aalma ech Chaab,
Rmaich, Dhaira,
Shebaa, Yaroun,
Kfarchouba, Naqoura and Marwahin. The IDF reportedly prevented firefighters from reaching the fires.[57]
27 October
The IDF attacked the sources of rocket fire after militants fired towards IDF posts in the villages of Avivim and
Misgav Am.[58]
A Lebanese Army convoy came under fire from Israeli forces in the border village of
Aitaroun, but no casualties were reported.[59]
28 October
A shell hit the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura. Hours later two mortar shells hit a UNIFIL base in
Hula, injuring a Nepalese peacekeeper.[60]
29 October
The
Al-Qassam Brigades reportedly launched 16 rockets at Kiryat Shmona, hitting a residential building.[61] The Fajr Forces, the military wing of the
Islamic Group claimed responsibility for missiles fired at the town.[62]
30 October
PIJ militants attempted to infiltrate IDF positions on the Lebanon border.[61]
Hezbollah conducted four attacks on IDF positions in northern Israel.[61]
November
1 November
Hezbollah conducted multiple anti-tank guided missile attacks on Yiftah.[61]
2 November
Hezbollah claimed to have attacked 19 IDF military sites with missiles and artillery shells[61] and fired one-way attack drones at an IDF position for the first time since the conflict began.[64]
The Al-Qassam brigades fired rockets at Kiryat Shmona.[64]
3 November
In his first speech since the start of the war in Gaza, Hezbollah leader
Hassan Nasrallah said the presence of US warships in the Mediterranean "doesn't scare us".[65][66]
4 November
Hezbollah attacked several IDF posts including one in
Jal al-Allam with two
Burkan ground launched missiles.[67]
One Israeli civilian was killed when anti-tank missiles hit Yiftah.[70]
Four people were reportedly injured after an Israeli bombing that hit two ambulances.[71]
Later, an Israeli airstrike hit two civilian cars in Lebanon carrying members of the same family driving between the towns of
Aynata and Aitaroun which killed one women, three of her granddaughters between the ages of 10 and 14, and severely injured her daughter.[72] In response, Hezbollah fired at Kiryat Shmona,[73] killing an Israeli civilian.[74]
6 November
The Al-Qassam Brigades took responsibility for firing 16 rockets from Lebanon targeting areas south of
Haifa.[75]
Israel reported at least 30 rockets being fired in which the IDF fired back at the sources. Hezbollah and the Al-Qassam brigades also conducted four cross-border attacks into northern Israel.[61]
Hezbollah deputy general
Naim Qassem said that the group could be forced into wider conflict over Israeli attacks in Gaza.[76]
7 November
Unspecified militants fired a salvo of 20 rockets from southern Lebanon towards the Golan Heights.[61]
8 November
Hezbollah fired an anti-tank guided missile which injured two IDF soldiers near
Dovev in
northern Israel.[61]
9 November
Hezbollah and other militia fighters conducted three cross-border attacks into northern Israel.[61] They also launched attacks towards Metula in which the IDF responded with missile attacks hitting the vicinities of Deir Mimas and Kafr Kila.
10 November
Hezbollah launched anti-tank missiles into an IDF post in
Manara which injured three soldiers. The IDF attacked the sources of fire in response.[77]
Hezbollah conducted three drone attacks into northern Israel targeting IDF positions and civilians.[78] One drone was intercepted while two others landed on Israeli territory.[79] Seven Hezbollah members were killed during the clashes.
The IDF shelled
Meiss Ej Jabal Hospital, injuring a doctor. The Lebanese health ministry condemned the attack, saying that "Israeli authorities were fully responsible for this unjustifiable act, which would have led to catastrophic results", and called for an investigation.[80]
11 November
An IDF drone struck a pick-up truck on a farmland in the
Zahrani area 45 kilometers from the Israeli-Lebanese border.[81]
Hezbollah said that it carried out two cross-border attacks on Israeli posts which caused casualties.[81]
The IDF fired towards sources of three drone attacks from Lebanon.[81]
The
Amal Movement, an ally of Hezbollah, announced that a fighter was killed in a missile attack in the village of
Rab El Thalathine which also wounded two other members.[82] These were the first casualties from the group since it joined the fighting.[83]
12 November
Hezbollah anti-tank missile and mortar attacks killed an employee of the
Israel Electric Corporation who was conducting repair work and injured 21 other Israelis, including seven IDF soldiers and six of the fatality's colleagues.[84][85]
Hezbollah also claimed to have struck an IDF bulldozer in a separate attack. The IDF said it had launched a drone strike at a militant cell that tried to launch antitank missiles near Metula.[86] Further clashes also killed one Hezbollah member.[23]
A UNIFIL peacekeeper was injured in unknown circumstances by gunfire near
al-Qawza.[86][87]
The al-Qassam brigades claimed two separate attacks on Israeli towns north of Haifa.[88]
13 November
Following a Hezbollah strike, the IDF responded with heavy shelling across southern Lebanon which reportedly killed two civilians.[89]
Unidentified fighters fired anti-tank guided missiles that injured two Israelis near
Netu'a.[90]
An Israeli rocket struck near journalists in Yaroun, no casualties were reported.[91] Hezbollah condemned the attack, which happened while the journalists were on a public tour in the town.[92] Foreign minister
Abdallah Bou Habib said that the Lebanese government filed a complaint with the
UN Security Council in response to the incident.[93]
14 November
Missiles from Lebanon landed on open areas in the Israeli towns of Shtula,
Shomera and
Zar'it. Hezbollah also launched three anti-tank missiles at IDF positions.[94][95]
Fighter jets fired at Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon and an IDF tank attacked a squad that tried to launch anti-tank missiles into the Yiftah area.[94]
15 November
Hezbollah fired an
ATGM that it hit a group of IDF soldiers near
Birkat Risha.[96]
16 November
Hezbollah conducted eight anti-tank missiles targeting Israeli forces and military infrastructure.[97]
In the afternoon, Hezbollah attacked numerous towns near the border and targeted military gatherings in Shtula and
Hadab Yaron.[98][99] The IDF responded heavily in southern Lebanon and Israeli warplanes raided Hezbollah targets.[100]
Hezbollah announced that two of its members were killed that day.[101]
17 November
Hezbollah fired towards military outposts in northern Israel in which the IDF responded with attacks on the sources of Hezbollah fire.
According to
Syrian opposition forces, the IDF fired towards Hezbollah posts in Syria.[102]
Hezbollah used a quadcopter drone to attack IDF forces near Metula.[103]
18 November
An aluminum factory was struck by the IDF in Nabatieh.[104]
Hezbollah fired a surface-to-air drone at an Israeli Hermes 450 destroying it[105] and fired a Burkan missile into northern Israel.[106]
19 November
The IDF identified 10 mortar shells launched towards the area of
Shlomi in northern Israel which hit open areas. The IDF responded with shelling on Hezbollah targets with tanks and fighter jets and hit a cell.[107]
20 November
The IDF base of
Biranit suffered heavy damage from a Hezbollah barrage using Burkan rockets.[108]
IDF fighter jets struck numerous Hezbollah military targets, and soldiers struck a militant cell near Metula.[109]
The historically significant St. George church was heavily damaged in Yaroun after it was shelled by the IDF.[110][111]
The house of Amal Movement MP
Kabalan Kabalan was also hit with rocket fire.[112]
21 November
An IDF airstrike in Kafr Kila killed an elderly woman and injured her granddaughter.[113]
Another team of journalists were shelled in an IDF strike near
Tayr Harfa which killed three people, including two
Al Mayadeen journalists, a reporter and a photojournalist, and a guide.[114]
Four members of the Al-Qassam Brigades were killed after an IDF strike on a car near
Chaaitiyeh.[115]
A Hezbollah member was also killed in a separate attack in
Khiam.[116]
Unspecified fighters launched a one-way attack drone targeting IDF forces along the border.[117]
22 November
Sirens were set off after the communities of Netu'a, Zar'it, and Yiftah were targeted by rockets fired from Lebanon. The IDF responded by shelling the sources of the fire. Israeli tanks also shelled a Hezbollah outpost in southern Lebanon.[118]
Hezbollah conducted two attacks on
Malkia.[119] Unspecified fighters fired rockets from Syria toward the occupied Golan Hights[119]
Hezbollah told Al Jazeera that it will "respect" the temporary ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.[120]
The IDF struck the village of
Beit Yahoun, killing five Hezbollah members. Amongst those killed was Abbas Raad, the son of senior Hezbollah leader and MP
Mohammad Raad.[121][122]
23 November
In one of the largest Hezbollah barrages since the start of the fighting, between 30 and 50 rockets were fired from Lebanon at
Upper Galilee, a number of which were intercepted.[123]
24 November
The IDF intercepted a surface-to-air missile fired at its aircraft in Lebanese territory.
Hezbollah claimed 23 other attacks into northern Israel.[124]
25 November
A UNIFIL patrol unit was hit by IDF gunfire in the vicinity of Aitaroun where there were no casualties. UNIFIL condemned the incident and called on parties to be reminded "of their obligations to protect peacekeepers and avoid putting the men and women who are working to restore stability at risk."[125]
Ceasefire
After the
temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on 24 November, Hezbollah stopped its military operations briefly which also prompted the IDF to stop the shelling on targets in southern Lebanon.[126] Many displaced civilians returned to their homes amid the calm.[127]
28 November
An Israeli shell reportedly struck the outskirts of a town in southern Lebanon, though a spokesperson for the IDF said they were not aware of the incident.[128]
29 November
Israeli soldiers allegedly opened fire in the vicinity of a Lebanese Army vehicle during a patrol next to a UNIFIL site near Hula. In the same region, IDF soldiers fired "bursts of machine gun fire".[129]
30 November
The IDF intercepted an unspecified aerial object in northern Israel.[130]
December
1 December
Hezbollah claimed five attacks into the Israel–Lebanon border.[131]
The IDF shelled Hula, killing two civilians,[132] and the village of
Jibbain, killing an additional person.[133]
The IDF also struck a Hezbollah site and a Hezbollah cell preparing to carry out an attack near Malkia. Hezbollah announced the death of one of their members, presumably from one of the IDF strikes.[134]
2 December
Hezbollah fired several rockets at Israeli army posts along the border. Israel responded with airstrikes and artillery shelling against Hezbollah sites.[135]
Hezbollah stated that one of its fighters were killed.[136]
3 December
Hezbollah fired one anti-tank guided missile targeting an IDF base in
Beit Hillel, injuring 11 Israelis.[137]
Several rockets fired from Lebanon at the
Mount Dov area, which all landed in open areas. Another projectile was fired at Misgav Am. No injuries were reported, and the IDF responded by shelling the sources of the fire.[139]
Hamas announced the creation of a new unit in Lebanon named the "Al-Aqsa Flood Vanguards" and called on "the youth and men of our people to join the vanguard resistance fighters and take part in shaping the future and liberating Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa Mosque."[140] This created a negative reaction by many Lebanese politicians as they said that it would be a threat to Lebanon's sovereignty.[140]
5 December
Israeli officials said a drone fired from Lebanon entered Israeli airspace and crashed near Margaliot. IDF sappers examined the device.[141]
One Lebanese soldier was killed and three others were injured by an Israeli attack on a Lebanese Army base in
Odaisseh.[142] The IDF later apologized for the incident, saying that it would investigate.[143]
A farm worker from Syria was killed in an Israeli artillery attack on a poultry farm near
Arnoun that also injured two of his relatives.[144]
6 December
Israeli
defense minister Yoav Gallant met with mayors and local council heads in Nahariya to discuss the threat of Hezbollah to northern residents. Gallant said that if diplomacy fails, Israel will use its military to force Hezbollah north of the
Litani River.[145]
Hezbollah claimed 10 attacks into Israeli territory from Lebanon.[145]
7 December
An Israeli civilian was killed by an anti-tank missile in
Mattat. The IDF returned fire and struck the location where the missile originated, and several other locations as well.[146]
Unspecified Iranian-backed militias fired two rockets from Syria towards
Buq'ata, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.[147]
Netanyahu said "If Hezbollah chooses to start an all-out war, then it will single-handedly turn Beirut and South Lebanon, not far from here, into Gaza and Khan Yunis."[148]
8 December
The IDF conducted multiple strikes on unspecified Iranian-backed targets in southern Syria in retaliation for rocket strikes into the Golan Heights the day prior.
Hezbollah announced that two of their members were killed in Syria.[149]
Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed militias claimed 13 attacks into northern Israel, including a Burkan-2 rocket attack and an anti-tank guided missile attack claimed by Hezbollah.[149]
10 December
A Hezbollah drone attack on an IDF base in
Western Galilee injured six Israeli soldiers. Two of the drones sent were shot down by the
Iron Dome defense system.[150]
The IAF carried out a wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
An anti-tank missile squad was struck as it attempted to carry out an attack near Zar'it.[150]
The mayor of the southern Lebanese village of
Taybeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike.[152]
Two other Hezbollah fighters were killed by Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling in Aitaroun, and three civilians were injured. Other airstrikes were carried out by the IAF, destroying five houses and damaging 17 others.[153]
Four batches of missiles fired from Lebanon towards northern Israel were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system, while the Islamic Resistance claimed it attacked several Israeli sites. According to Israeli media, three soldiers were injured.[153]
Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed militias attacked nine Israeli towns and military positions.[154]
Israeli war cabinet minister and former defense minister
Benny Gantz discussed security in northern Israel in a phone call with US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken. Gantz said he conveyed that Hezbollah's heightened aggression and attacks mean that Israel must "remove" the threat from northern Israel. Gantz's statement singled out the Lebanese state, not just Hezbollah, and called for international pressure on Lebanon to stop attacks on its southern border.[154]
14 December
The IDF struck several targets in southern Lebanon including mosques and civilian homes. It was reported that one house was struck by an Israeli drone in Ayta ash Shab and another one in
Mays al-Jabal.[155]
Hezbollah said it struck the IDF's Yiftah and Shomera Barracks in northern Israel and claimed that the attacks resulted in casualties.[155]
The IDF said that one in five rockets launched by Hezbollah had landed in Lebanese territory and published an infographic showing failed rocket launches into Israel.[157]
16 December
A soldier from the IDF's 129th Battalion was killed by a Hezbollah drone strike near Margaliot, which also caused a fire in a building. Two other soldiers were injured. Another drone was shot down by the IDF, which also responded to the infiltrations by shelling targets. The IAF later hit several Hezbollah targets inside Lebanon, including rocket launch sites and military infrastructure.[158]
Hezbollah announced that one of its members was killed.[159]
17 December
The IDF hit several launch sites and Hezbollah facilities in response to attacks from the latter.[160]
18 December
Hezbollah attacked Israeli forces near Hanita and fired rockets targeting Kiryat Shmona in retaliation for an IDF strike near the funeral of one of their members.
Unspecified fighters carried out four rocket attacks including an anti-tank guided missile attack and launched one drone into northern Israel.[161]
19 December
An IDF drone killed a civilian riding his motorbike in Rab El Thalathine.[162]
Israeli bombings killed three Hezbollah fighters and wounded a displaced Syrian refugee, while also destroying five houses and damaging another 19.[163]
Hezbollah claimed it destroyed a
Merkava tank and killed its crew in a series of attacks on Israeli sites.[163]
20 December
Hezbollah announced the deaths of two of its members in clashes with the IDF in Blida and
Ayta al-Jabal.[164]
The Lebanese state-owned
National News Agency (NNA) reported that a man was killed by IDF snipers in his car in Kafr Kila.[165]
21 December
An elderly woman was killed and her husband was injured in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.[166]
Two Israeli civilians were wounded by Hezbollah rocket attacks in Dovev. A vehicle in Avivim was hit by an anti-tank missile.[167]
22 December
The IDF announced that a soldier of the
188th Armored Brigade was killed and another was seriously wounded by a Hezbollah rocket attack in the Shtula area.[168]
23 December
In the morning IDF aircraft bombed a house in Kafr Kila and intense artillery fire also took place on the outskirts of Deir Mimas and also hitting the vicinity of the Saint Mamas Monastery.[169]
The Israeli army conducted a raid near a UNIFL center along the
Khardali river.[170]
An
Al-Manar cameraman was injured in the eye after an IDF attack on a road in the al-Khardali area where correspondents of
MTV and NNA were also passing.[171]
Hezbollah announced that two of their members were killed.[171]
24 December
An anti-tank missile hit a home in Avivim, causing significant damage and no injuries.[172]
The IDF carried out strikes against numerous Hezbollah targets in response to barrages of rockets which targeted communities in northern Israel.[172]
25 December
The outskirts of Naqoura, Hani, and Wadi Hamul were targeted by IDF artillery.[173]
An Israeli tank reportedly "neutralized a threat" in Lebanon as the IDF struck Hezbollah sites in the country.[178]
Two Hezbollah fighters and a member of the
Lebanese Civil Defense were killed and five civilians were injured during clashes between Israel and Hezbollah. An additional eight houses were destroyed, and 29 other houses and five cars were damaged.[180]
27 December
A Hezbollah fighter and two of his relatives were killed in an IDF airstrike on
Bint Jbeil. Two of the victims were Australian citizens.[181][182]
Hezbollah targeted Israeli military sites in the Shebaa Farms using drones and 12 missiles.[179]
An Indonesian UNIFL peacekeeper was injured after a patrol was attacked by a group of young men in
Taybeh.[183]
Hezbollah announced the death of two of its fighters.[179]
Israeli warplanes flew over
Beirut and
Mount Lebanon at a medium altitude. Another group of warplanes flew at a low altitude above
Sidon and
Zahrani.[179]
28 December
The IDF reportedly intercepted rockets and a drone over northern Israel.[184][185]
Israel warplanes bombed the outskirts of Ayta Al-Shaab and
Ramyah.[186]
Hezbollah launched artillery towards IDF positions in the hills of Kfarchouba.[186]
Missiles landed near Kiryat Shmona without activating the town's sirens.[186]
An anti-tank missile squad that fired missiles towards Israel was hit in Yaroun.[187]
A group of young men from Kafr Kila intercepted a French UNIFIL patrol that was passing by.[186]
Israel carried out airstrikes in southern Syria and near Damascus,[188] with one particular attack reportedly killing 11 senior commanders of the IRGC in Damascus International Airport and injuring
Nur Rashid, the IRGC commander for eastern Syria.[189]
29 December
Several missiles from southern Lebanon were fired towards Dovev and Bar'am by Hezbollah.
The IDF struck a Hezbollah anti-tank missile squad in Aitaroun.[190]
A vehicle in southern Lebanon was struck by a UAV allegedly fired by Israel as part of a reported assassination attempt.[191]
The IDF said it had attacked two Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon.[195]
Hezbollah announced that four of its members were killed in an airstrike in
Deir ez Zor, Syria.[196][197]
Two projectiles from Lebanon landed in open areas in northern Israel.[198]
23 pro-Iranian militants were killed and 18 were wounded by airstrikes "likely" conducted by Israel in eastern Syria.[199]
Four Hezbollah members and two other militants were killed in three airstrikes at the
Iraq–Syria border.[200]
The vicinity of Aleppo airport was hit by airstrikes, killing five Iranian-backed militiamen and three civilians.[201]
The IDF conducted airstrikes on what it called "terrorist infrastructure" in Kafr Kila.[202] In response, Hezbollah attacked an IDF position in
Harj Adathir.[203]
31 December
Hezbollah announced that one of its members was killed in clashes with the IDF.[204]
The IDF said it struck three Hezbollah anti-tank squads in southern Lebanon.[205]
January
1 January
The IDF said five of its soldiers were wounded by fire from Lebanon.[206]
The IDF said it struck a Hezbollah cell while it prepared to launch drones at communities in northern Israel.[207]
Three Hezbollah members were killed after an IDF raid on two houses in Kafr Kila.[208]
2 January
Israel conducted airstrikes in Syria targeting a military position near
Kanaker housing Hezbollah members and other sites near Damascus.[209]
An Israeli airstrike targeting a meeting between Hamas and
Jamaa Islamiya officials in
Dahieh, Beirut killed seven people, four of which were Palestinian and three were Lebanese. Among the deaths were Hamas deputy leader
Saleh al-Arouri and other high-ranking Hamas officials. The attack was the first targeted assassination conducted by Israel outside of the Palestinian Territories since 7 October.[210][211] Demonstrations took place in
Tripoli, Beirut and
Tyre following the assassination.[212]
Two Hezbollah members were killed by an Israeli airstrike.[213]
Hezbollah attacked an IDF position in the vicinity of
Marj with missiles.[214]
3 January
Hezbollah announced that it carried out nine attacks targeting Israeli positions.[215]
The IDF fired heavy machine guns towards the outskirts of the towns of
al-Bustan and Ayta ash Shab.[212]
In his second speech since the beginning of the war, Hassan Nasrallah said that Hezbollah is not afraid of an all-out war with Israel.[215]
An Israeli airstrike in Naqoura killed local Hezbollah commander
Hussein Yazbek and three of his bodyguards, and injured nine other Hezbollah operatives.[216]
4 January
NNA reported that the IDF bombed the outskirts of Naqoura.[217]
An Israeli drone launched a guided missile towards Yaroun.[218]
Hezbollah fired an anti-tank missile toward Metula.[219]
5 January
Lebanon filed a formal complaint to the United Nations after the attack that killed Saleh Al Arouri in Beirut.[220]
IDF warplanes bombed the outskirts of Aita Al-Shaab and
Chihine.[220]
IDF airstrikes hit Aita Al-Shaab, Yaroun, Khiam, Kafr Kila,
Al-Housh,
Burj Al-Muluk,
Markaba, Rab El-Thalathine, and
Al-Adaysah. A Syrian woman was reportedly injured in Burj al Muluk, while two civilians suffered burns from phosphorus bombs in Khiam.[221]
Hezbollah struck a site in Metula and IDF sites in Zarit, Margalit and
Bayad Blida.[221]
Hezbollah fired 62 missiles at
Meron airbase in northern Israel in retaliation for the killing of Saleh al-Arouri.[222]
Hezbollah announced four members killed on that day.[221]
7 January
A building in Metula was damaged by rocket fire from Lebanon.[223]
The IDF deployed the
Sky Dew blimp to monitor the Israel–Lebanon border.[224]
An anti-tank missile hit a building in Kiryat Shmona.[227]
IDF fighter jets struck Hezbollah targets in Marwahin and Ayta ash-Shab.[228]
An anti-tank missile fired by Hezbollah struck an apartment building in Shtula, lightly injuring an Israeli.[229]
The IDF killed
Hassan Hakashah in
Beit Jinn, who was a central figure of Hamas responsible for rocket attacks targeting Israel from Syrian territory.[230]
9 January
Hezbollah claimed to have launched drones at the headquarters of the IDF's
Northern Command in
Safed as well as three other IDF posts along the Lebanese border. The IDF acknowledged that one of its bases was attacked, but said it did not sustain damage while not disclosing which base.[231]
Three Hezbollah members were killed in an Israeli drone strike on their car in
Ghandouriyeh.[231]
Ali Hussein Barji, the commander of Hezbollah's aerial forces in southern Lebanon who was responsible for dozens of drone attacks, was killed by an airstrike in
Khirbet Selm.[232]
10 January
A civilian was killed when an Israeli artillery shell fell near his home in Kafr Kila.[233]
An IDF drone strike on a house in Kfarchouba killed a Hezbollah official and injured the homeowner.[234]
The Lebanese Red Cross said they retrieved a decomposing body near Metula.[235]
Israeli news outlets reported that a missile fired by Hezbollah damaged homes in an undisclosed settlement.[235]
11 January
The
Islamic Health Committee said two of its medics were killed by an Israeli airstrike targeting one of its affiliated clinics.[236]
At least ten rockets were fired from Lebanon into communities in northern Israel, and three of them were intercepted by air defenses.[237]
Hezbollah fired two anti-tank missiles into Malkia.[239]
The IDF said it conducted airstrikes in
Labbouneh, Ramyah, and Ayta ash-Shab.[240] It also struck two Hezbollah cells in Marwahin and an anti-tank missile squad in Yaroun as they prepared to carry out attacks.[241]
13 January
A home in Shtula was damaged by an anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon.[242]
The IDF said that they killed four militants that infiltrated the Israeli border through Shebaa while an IDF unit was patrolling nearby. Five IDF soldiers were wounded.[244] A group calling itself the "Islamic Azz Brigades" (Islamic Glory Brigade) later claimed responsibility for the attack and announced that three of its members were killed while two managed to escape.[245]
An Israeli man and his 70-year-old mother were killed in an anti-tank missile attack by Hezbollah on
Yuval.[246]
The IDF said that it carried out "intensive strikes" against targets in south Lebanon reaching up to 21 miles away from the border.[247]
15 January
The IDF said that two rockets fell in open areas after a Hezbollah strike that targeted
Mattat.[248]
Hezbollah said that they attacked a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Metula.[249]
IAF fighter jets conducted strikes on Odaisseh, Aalma ech Chaab, Jibbain, and
Maroun al-Ras, while IDF shelling hit the plains of Marjayoun.[249][250]
The IDF launched interceptor missiles at several "suspicious aerial targets" over Yaroun and Rmaich.[250]
16 January
The IDF conducted at least 16 aerial and artillery strikes in the
Suluki Valley. It also carried out strikes near Ayta-al-Shaab, with one of them hitting a Hezbollah anti-tank missile launcher.[251]
Hezbollah said it launched rockets at Israeli troops.[251]
17 January
The IDF fired five smoke shells towards Syrians working in a grape orchard.[252]
The National Evangelical Church of Alma ech Shaaab was targeted by the IDF and damaged the home of its pastor. Later, An IDF drone hit a house near a mosque in Aita Al Shaab.[252]
Israeli artillery struck the outskirts of Deir Mimas and Marjayoun.[252]
Hezbollah said that it targeted a gathering of soldiers in
Raheb.[252]
Hezbollah announced that they struck the vicinity of
Ruwaisat Al-Alam and Kfarchouba with Burkan missiles. The IDF responded by striking targets in the outskirts of
Rachaya Al Foukhar.[252]
A Hezbollah member and a member of the Al-Qassam Brigades were killed and six civilians were wounded during clashes on the Israel–Lebanon border.[253]
18 January
The IDF targeted Hezbollah infrastructure in Odaisseh, Kafr Kila, and Marjayoun.[254]
An Israeli warplane aimed white phosphorus shells at Meiss Ej Jabal.[255]
An Israeli drone struck a house in
Kawkaba, causing material damage.[255]
Israeli artillery shelled the outskirts of Dhayra and Yarine.[255]
Two rockets from Lebanon fell in open areas towards Arab al-Aramshe.[256]
19 January
NNA said IDF attacks targeted homes and destroyed three empty ones in Kafr Kila.[257]
Hezbollah claimed three border attacks including two targeting "deployments of soldiers of the Israeli enemy".[257]
20 January
An IDF strike on a car passing through
Bazouriyeh, Lebanon, killed four people.[258] Hezbollah announced that one of its local commanders,
Ali Hudruj, was killed in the strike.[259] The other occupant of the car was identified as businessman Mohammad Baqir Diab.[260]
Five senior IRGC officers and a number of Syrian militants were killed after an apparent IDF airstrike hit a building in Damascus.[261][262]
21 January
An Israeli airstrike on a car near a Lebanese Army checkpoint in
Kafra killed a Hezbollah official and injured seven others.[260] The attack targeted senior Hezbollah commander
Fadi Suleiman who survived the attack.[263]
Hezbollah announced that it struck a house in Avivim in retaliation for the alleged killing of a civilian woman in the Kafra attack. The statement was later modified after hospital officials said that the woman was alive.[260]
The IAF attacked the Civil Defense Center of the Islamic Health Authority in Kafr Kila damaging ambulances.[264]
22 January
A man died from injuries sustained in airstrikes on Kafr Kila.[265]
Hamas announced the death of two of its members who were critically injured after an attack on 17 January.[265]
Hezbollah announced the death of two of its members.[266]
23 January
Hezbollah said that it targeted the IDF's Northern Command center in
Mount Meron.[267]
The IDF said its fighter jets destroyed a "military asset" in Lebanon used by Hezbollah and operated by Iranian forces,[268] carried out airstrikes in an open forest area in the
Iqlim Al-Tuffah region,[269] and hit three houses in an air raid on Blida.[269]
An Israeli drone fired two missiles at a shipping container in
Al-Wazzani.[269]
Hezbollah claimed it had scored direct hits on a group of Israeli soldiers on Cobra Hill with missiles.[269]
Hezbollah launched at least 15 rockets targeting an IDF base on Mount Meron "in retaliation" for Israeli attacks in Syria.[61]
24 January
An anti-tank missile from Lebanon was fired towards the Shomera area.[270]
Al-Manar reported Israeli shelling south of Naqoura.[271]
Israeli media reported that two Hezbollah mortar shells fired into the Metula area the previous week were suspected to have contained white phosphorus.[272]
25 January
The IDF struck a home in Tayr Harfa, injuring three civilians.[273]
The IDF struck an alleged Hezbollah-run airstrip in
Birket Jabbour in
Jezzine, outside UNIFIL's area of operations.[273]
Israeli media claimed that three militants from Lebanon infiltrated the border, in a later statement IDF spokesperson
Avichay Adraee denied such an incident had occurred.[273]
Hezbollah carried out aerial attacks against an air defense system site in northern Israel.[273]
26 January
Hezbollah announced that they had conducted nine attacks on the IDF.[274]
IDF attacks on Hezbollah sites in
Bayt Lif and
Deir Aames killed four Hezbollah fighters.[275]
Hezbollah targeted Israeli barracks in
Gonen using an Iranian-made
Falaq-1 rocket system, saying that this was the first attack using the weapon during the war.[276]
28 January
Hezbollah announced the death of three of its members.[277]
The IAF carried out 14 airstrikes on southern Lebanon destroying 11 houses and damaging 27. Five civilians sustained injuries.[277]
Hezbollah stated that they attacked gatherings in Tal Shaar, the Ramim barracks, Ya'ra barracks, Motella and Hanita.[277]
29 January
At least two people were killed and several others were injured during a series of explosions at pro-Iranian militia sites near the
Sayyidah Zainab Mosque in Syria.[276] Syrian state media reported that Iranian advisors were killed in the attack.[278]
An anti-tank missile was fired at a post in the Metula area.[276]
Two Israeli soldiers were lightly wounded by a Hezbollah rocket attack in Biranit.[276][279] Several other Hezbollah projectiles fell in open areas in northern Israel, causing no casualties or damage.[280]
Hezbollah announced the death of two of its members.[281][282]
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that Israeli troops will "very soon go into action" in the border with Lebanon.[283]
30 January
IAF fighter jets attacked Hezbollah's operational headquarters and an observation post near Khiam, as well as other military infrastructure near Ayta ash Shab and
Muhajbib.[284]
A projectile launched from Lebanon fell into an open area west of Arab al-Aramshe.[284]
31 January
An anti-tank missile was launched toward Yiftah, causing no casualties. Another projectile launched from Lebanon fell into an open area in
Upper Galilee.[285]
The IDF said it struck Syrian Army posts in response to rocket fire onto the Golan Heights.[285]
An IAF fighter jet struck a Hezbollah cell in the
Itron area.[287]
Two projectile launches were detected in northern Israel from Lebanon.[287]
An IRGC member was killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes in
Aqraba, south of Damascus.[288]
3 February
Two Amal Movement fighters were killed in airstrikes in Blida.[289]
Hezbollah claimed it attacked the Khirbet Maar military base and the Ramtha site, achieving "direct hits".[290]
4 February
Five rockets were fired into northern Israel, which were either intercepted or fell into open fields.[291]
Hezbollah announced the death of two of its members in southern Lebanon.[292]
The IDF shelled a rocket-launching position and observation post and a Hezbollah cell in Meiss Ej Jabal and Blida.[293]
5 February
Three Hezbollah fighters were killed by Israeli airstrikes.[294]
Hezbollah claimed it achieved direct hits on Israeli soldiers in the Shebaa Farms and Kfarchouba.[294]
The Amal Movement announced the death of three of its members who were killed in
Bayt Lif.[295]
6 February
IAF jets struck a building used by Hezbollah in Marwahin.[296]
Two Israeli soldiers were lightly wounded by rocket attacks from Lebanon.[296]
7 February
Israeli airstrikes destroyed a building in
Homs, Syria, killing ten people including six civilians.[297]
Hezbollah announced the death of two of its fighters in southern Lebanon.[298]
A civilian was killed and two others were injured during a series of Israeli strikes in Khiam.[299][300]
8 February
An anti-tank missile was fired into a home in Metula, causing no casualties.[301]
Three Israeli soldiers were injured, one seriously, when a Hezbollah anti-tank missile struck the Biranit military base.[302]
Israeli warplanes reportedly flew over Beirut.[302]
An IDF drone targeted a car in Nabatieh. Israeli media said Abbas al-Dabs, a regional Hezbollah commander, was assassinated in the attack.[303] Hezbollah fired 30 rockets towards
Meron in response to the attack.[304]
9 February
Speaker of the
Lebanese parliament and head of the Amal Movement,
Nabih Berri, formerly announced his readiness to fully engage in combat against Israel.[305]
Over 30 rockets fired from Lebanon were mostly intercepted by the Iron Dome or landed in open areas.[306]
Hezbollah announced the death of two of its members.[307][308]
10 February
Three people were killed by an Israeli airstrike near Damascus.[309]
A Hamas senior official survived an Israeli assassination attempt in Lebanon which killed a Hezbollah member and two civilians.[310]
A Lebanese civilian was killed and nine others were injured after IDF artillery targeted a mosque in Hula.[311]
Hezbollah announced the death of another member.[312]
11 February
The Amal Movement announced the death of two of its members.[313][314]
The IDF targeted Hezbollah sites in Marwahin.[315]
12 February
An Israeli drone targeted a car in Bint Jbeil, wounding a Hezbollah official.[316]
IDF Chief
Herzi Halevi announced the withdrawal of the
36th division from Gaza and its redeployment to Northern Israel.[317]
A house in Maroun al-Ras was attacked by the IDF, killing two Hezbollah members and two Palestinian Islamic Jihad members.[318][319]
Hezbollah announced the death of three of its members overnight.[321][322]
Two people were severely injured by a Hezbollah rocket attack in Kiryat Shmona.[323]
The IDF struck two military complexes belonging to Hezbollah, one in Ramyah and another in
Rashaya al-Fukhar.[324]
14 February
An Israeli soldier was killed and eight others were wounded when a rocket from Lebanon struck a building in Safed.[325][326] Israel intensified its attacks on southern Lebanon in response.[327]
Ten civilians were killed and at least seven others wounded in southern Lebanon by IDF airstrikes.[328][329]
IDF said that it killed a senior commander of the elite
Redwan Force unit along with a deputy and another fighter in Nabatieh.[330] This was confirmed by Hezbollah the next day.[331]
Hezbollah announced the death of four of its fighters.[328]
15 February
Anti-tank missiles were fired into Israel from Lebanon as Hezbollah vowed to respond to Israeli airstrikes the day prior.[332]
Hezbollah announced the death of an additional six members from attacks on 14 February.[333]
Hezbollah said it fired dozens of Katyusha-type rockets into Kiryat Shmona.[334]
16 February
According to the state-run NNA, Israeli warplanes hit five villages throughout southern Lebanon.[335]
The IDF struck a house in
Qantara killing three Amal Movement members.[335] The Amal Movement announced the death of another member killed in a separate attack.[336]
Hezbollah announced the death of another two of its members in the Israeli airstrikes on 14 February, bringing its death toll in the attacks to 12.[335]
17 February
Hezbollah hit an IDF position facing Rmaich with a
Falaq-1 missile and hit positions in the Shebaa Farms.[337]
The IDF targeted a house in Maroun al-Ras and shelled in the vicinity of Rashaya al-Fukhar.[337]
Hezbollah announced two attacks on surveillance equipment and IDF positions.[337]
18 February
Hezbollah announced nine attacks on various sites in northern Israel.[338]
19 February
Two IDF airstrikes hit the town of
Ghazieh 60 km north of the border that hit a tile manufacturer and a tire warehouse.[339] According to a source of Arab News, the owners were on the US sanctions list for financing terrorism.[340]
21 February
At least two people were killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the
Kafr Sousa neighborhood of Damascus.[341]
At least two civilians, including a child, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese village of
Majdal Zun.[342]
An IDF drone strike killed two Hezbollah members in
Kfar Remen.[343]
22 February
Two paramedics and a Hezbollah fighter were killed in an attack on the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee.[344]
23 February
Hezbollah announced the death of one of its fighters.[345]
24 February
IDF fighter jets struck Hezbollah sites in Rab el-Thalathine, Ayta ash-Shab and Blida.[346]
Israeli artillery struck the outskirts of Rachaya al Fakhr.[347]
Hezbollah claimed three attacks on IDF positions in northern Irael.[348]
25 February
Two Hezbollah members were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on a truck outside
Al-Qusayr, Syria.[349]
Several barrages of rockets were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon, which Israeli authorities said all landed in open areas.[349]
26 February
Israel launched its first attacks into eastern Lebanon since the conflict began, killing two Hezbollah members near
Baalbek.[350]
Hezbollah said it fired 60 Katyusha rockets at an IDF headquarters in response to the attack near Baalbek.[351]
An Israeli drone strike targeting a vehicle in
Majadel killed local Hezbollah commander Hassan Hussein Salami.[352][353]
Hezbollah said it shot down an Israeli
Hermes 450 drone with a surface-to-air missile.[352]
The al-Quds Brigades announced the deaths of two of its members.[354]
An Israeli civilian was lightly wounded when a rocket struck a chicken coop in Shtula.[355]
27 February
Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at a military site in Galilee, and an anti-tank missile struck the Mount Meron air traffic control base.[356][357]
The IDF shelled an area near Yaroun and conducted airstrikes against Hezbollah infrastructure throughout southern Lebanon.[356]
UNIFIL said that the recent escalation between Israel and Hezbollah could potentially threaten the possibility of a political solution to the conflict.[358]
28 February
Hamas fired two barrages of
Grad rockets into northern Israel from southern Lebanon, with one rocket striking a house in Kiryat Shmona causing no injuries.[359][360]
Israeli forces attacked a munition warehouse belonging to Hezbollah and other military infrastructure in the Ramyeh region and a weapon production site in the Khirbet Selm area.[359]
Israel carried out strikes in Damascus and nearby areas targeting Hezbollah sites, with a large explosion being reported in the Sayeda Zainab neighborhood. Syrian state television said that its air defenses shot down most of the missiles.[361] Eight people, including at least two Hezbollah members, were killed.[362]
At least two people were killed and 14 others were injured after Israeli warplanes attacked
Siddikine and Kafra.[363]
29 February
An Israeli strike on a Hezbollah-affiliated truck on the
Lebanon–Syria border killed at least one fighter.[364]
March
1 March
An Israeli strike on a villa near
Baniyas, Syria, killed
IRGC Navy officer Reza Zarei and two Hezbollah members, and injured seven others.[365]
2 March
Hezbollah announced the death of one other fighter overnight.[366]
An IDF strike on a car in the coastal road of Naqoura killed a senior Hezbollah official and two other members of Hezbollah's Imam Hussein Division.[367][368] It was reported that among them was the grandson of Hassan Nasrallah.[369]
Hezbollah announced the death of three other members bringing the death toll to seven since midnight.[370]
An Israeli drone strike targeting a car outside of Tyre killed senior Hamas operative
Hadi Ali Mustafa and a Syrian national who was nearby.[403][404]
The IDF said that it carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah sites in Qantara, Yater and Aalma al-Chaeb.[405]
14 March
Three projectiles fired from Lebanon targeted Malkia. The IDF responded with attacks on Naqoura, Yaroun and Hamoul.[406]
15 March
The IDF struck the areas of Wadi Hamoul and Houla with artillery.[407]
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for six attacks on Israeli positions.[408]
The IDF struck Hezbollah targets in Ayta ash Shab, Aalma El Chaeb and Labbouneh.[407]
16 March
IDF airstrikes targeted sites in the areas of Meiss El Jabal and Marwahin.[409]
The IDF said that it detected launches from Lebanon towards the areas of Malkiyah Misgav Am and Shebaa.[409]
17 March
Israeli airstrikes struck several locations in southern Syria, resulting in material losses and one soldier being wounded.[410]
Israel targeted a Hezbollah compound in the Khiam area in response to rocket fire toward
Acre.[411]
18 March
The IAF said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in Meiss Ej Jabal and Odaisseh.[412]
19 March
Israeli strikes allegedly targeted Hezbollah arms depots near Damascus, causing material damage. Syrian air defenses shot down several missiles.[413]
The IDF said it struck a Hezbollah operative in Marwahin and a Hezbollah gathering in Odaisseh.[414]
20 March
Hezbollah struck an IDF site near Menara wounding two soldiers.[415]
The IDF said that it struck Hezbollah operatives in Marwahin and carried out an airstrike on a building in Odaisseh.[416]
The IDF announced the establishment of a new Mountain Brigade, led by Colonel Liron Appleman under the command of the 210th Division, to be sent to the border between Syria and Lebanon.[417]
The IDF hit a Hezbollah weapons storage near Damascus.[418]
Five Iranian-backed commanders were killed in airstrikes in Syria according to the Saudi television station
AlHadath.[419]
21 March
Four projectiles were fired from Lebanon towards Metula.[420]
The IDF hit a Hezbollah facility in Kafr Kila.[421]
Israeli fighter jets attacked a Hezbollah military compound near Ayta ash Shab.[423]
An aircraft from Lebanon entered Israeli territory and set off alarms in Western Galilee before it was intercepted by the IDF.[423]
23 March
Two Syrian teenagers were arrested for allegedly spying for Israel in the assassination of Hadi Mustafa.[424]
The IDF said it struck a building in Kafr Kila after a Hezbollah operative was spotted inside. It also struck Naqoura, Ayta ash-Shab and Khiam.[425]
24 March
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a drone attack on an Iron Dome missile defense system in Kfar Blum,[426] as well as 60 Katyusha rocket attacks targeting Yoav and the Kaila barracks.[427]
The IDF struck a car in Baalbek, killing a Syrian national and injuring three others.[426][428]
The IDF struck a delivery car in
Sawiri allegedly targeting an
Islamic Group official, killing a Syrian man.[429][430]
Hezbollah announced the death of two of its members.[431]
25 March
Two people, including a Hezbollah member, were killed and three others injured after an IDF strike in Mais al-Jabal.[432]
26 March
Israeli airstrikes against military sites near
Ras Baalbek and
Hermel killed three Hezbollah militants.[433]
Hezbollah said it targeted an Israeli military barracks in the Golan Heights with 50 Katyusha rockets.[433]
Civilians in Rmeich clashed with Hezbollah for allegedly attempting to place rocket launchers in the town.[434]
The Al-Quds Brigades announced the death of one of its members.[435]
Hezbollah rocket attacks damaged a home in
Betzet and reportedly severed electricity cables.[436]
27 March
At least 7 people, including rescue workers and militia members, were killed in IDF strikes aimed at the Islamic Group's emergency center in
Hebbariye.[437]
An Israeli civilian was killed in Kiryat Shmona after Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets in response to the attack on Hebbariye.[438]
IDF strikes on Tair Harfa and Naqoura killed five civilians and three militia members.[439]
28 March
A fire broke out at an open area in the
Biriya Forest due to fallen shrapnel.[440]
The IDF said that its Patriot air defense system intercepted a suspicious aerial target approaching northern Israel.[441]
Hezbollah said it fired rockets at Goren and Shlomi, and the IDF struck the launch sites in response.[442]
29 March
At least 42 people were killed, including 36 Syrian soldiers and six Hezbollah fighters, in an Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah weapons depot in the Jabrin area of
Aleppo.[443]
An Israeli airstrike in Bazouriyeh killed Ali Abed Akhsan Naim, the deputy commander of Hezbollah's rocket and missiles unit.[444]
30 March
A landmine explosion near a car near Rmeish injured four UNIFIL peacekeepers. Initial Lebanese reports said that an Israeli drone raided the area, but the IDF denied the reports and said the explosion was caused by charges planted by Hezbollah.[445]
31 March
An Israeli drone strike in
Kunin killed senior Radwan unit leader Ismail al-Zin, who was responsible for the group's communications and computer operations.[446]
An Israeli soldier was lightly wounded after Hezbollah launched rockets in the Margaliot and Malkiya areas.[446]
The IDF simultaneously attacked ten Hezbollah targets in the Rachaya al Foukhar area.[450]
2 April
The IDF struck Khiam, killing a Hezbollah member.[451] It also struck Naqoura, Jabal Al-Labouneh, Alma Al-Shaab, Tayr Harfa, Al-Dhahira and Aita Al-Shaab with heavy artillery.[451]
Hezbollah announced that they targeted an IDF position in al-Malikiyah.[451]
3 April
The IDF said it strengthened its air defenses and deployed reservists as Israel prepared for a potential Iranian response to the airstrike on 1 April.[452]
4 April
The IDF struck Hezbollah sites in Khiam and Kafr Kila.[453] Later it carried out airstrikes in Yaroun, Aynata, and Maroun al-Ras.[454]
Hezbollah fired several projectiles at Western Galilee, damaging a house in Shlomi. The IDF responded by shelling the launch sites with artillery.[455]
5 April
Israeli airstrikes struck a building in Marjayoun, killing three Amal Movement fighters.[456] Seven others were injured in a raid on Kfar Hamam.[457] Israeli airstrikes also targeted a house in Aita al-Shaab, killing two Hezbollah members and injuring two civillians.[458][457]
Hezbollah announced that it had struck Israeli sites in Misgav Am, Zarit Barracks, al-Malikiyah, Bayad Blida, Khallet Warda, Branit, and Jal al-Alam.[457]
6 April
Hezbollah announced the death of two of its members in an attack on Mais al-Jabal.[459]
7 April
Hezbollah downed an Israeli
Hermes 900 drone over Lebanese airspace.[460]
The IDF struck four Hezbollah sites in Baalbek, including a military complex.[460]
Hezbollah fired dozens of Katyusha rockets into the Golan Heights, striking an air defense base.[460]
8 April
An Israeli strike in
as-Sultaniyah killed three Hezbollah members, including senior Radwan commander Ali Ahmed Hussein.[461]
A Hezbollah drone crashed in
Rosh HaNikra while two other drones were intercepted near Kiryat Shmona.[462]
The IDF said it struck Hezbollah military infrastructure in Khiam.[462]
9 April
The IDF said overnight airstrikes in Syria struck military infrastructure and a Syrian Army post in
Mahajjah.[463]
10 April
The IDF struck Hezbollah targets in Ayta ash-Shab, Khiam, and shelled sites near Naquoura.[464]
11 April
The IDF struck a building in Dhayra and used tanks to shell a site near Tayr Harfa.[465] It later struck Hezbollah targets in Mays al-Jabal, Yarine, Khiam, and Marwahin, where it also struck a Hezbollah observation post, and attacked areas near
Abou Chach with artillery.[466][465]
12 April
Hezbollah fired at least 40 Katyusha rockets into the
Galilee panhandle targeting IDF artillery positions.[467][468]
The IDF struck Hezbollah sites in Ayta ash Shab and Taybeh.[468]
France, Poland, and Russia issued advisories against travel to Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon.[469]
13 April
An IDF reservist and member of the
Hanita security team was seriously wounded by a Hezbollah drone attack.[470]
The IDF said it struck a large Hezbollah complex and a military post in
Al Rihan. It later announced that it simultaneously attacked Hezbollah targets in Houla, Bayt Lif, Odaisseh, and Taybeh.[471] In the night it struck military structures in Khiam and Kfar Kila.[472]
Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at an IDF base in the Golan Heights, setting off sirens in
Snir.[473]
14 April
Hezbollah said it fired dozens of Katyusha rockets at three IDF positions in the Golan Heights.[474]
The IDF struck a site belonging to Radwan forces in the
Jbaa area.[472] It also struck a Hezbollah-owned building near Baalbek.[475]
Hezbollah announced the death of one of its fighters.[476]
15 April
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that injured four IDF troops operating inside Lebanese territory in the
Tel Ismail area.[477]
16 April
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a missile and drone attack on an Iron Dome facility in Beit Hillel.[478]
Three people were killed in an Israeli strike on a car near
Ain Ebel, including the commander of Hezbollah's coastal sector.[479]
Two Hezbollah members were killed after the IDF struck a car in
Chehabiyeh.[480]
17 April
Fourteen soldiers and four civilians were wounded after a Hezbollah drone struck a community center in Arab al-Aramshe. One soldier was critically injured and four others were seriously injured.[481]
Hezbollah claimed it fired a Burkan missile at the headquarters of the IDF's 91st division in Biranit.[482]
18 April
An airstrike on Kafr Kila killed two Hezbollah members.[483]
Hezbollah attacked an IDF position in Al-Malikiyah.[484]
19 April
The IDF struck Hezbollah military infrastructure in Ayta ash Shab, killing a Hezbollah member who was reportedly a son of influential Shiite cleric, the late
Abdel Mohsin Fadlallah.[485][486]
20 April
An IDF strike on a house in Jebbain killed three Hezbollah members and wounded two others. The IDF also said that it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in Kafr Kila and Ayta al Shaab.[487]
Hezbollah announced that it hit IDF positions in Metula and Shlomi.[487]
21 April
The IDF said that it struck Hezbollah targets in Ayta ash-Shab, Naqoura and Majdal Zun.[488]
Hamas claimed responsibility for firing 20 Grad rockets from Lebanon into an IDF position near Shomera. No injuries were reported.[489]
An IDF soldier died from injuries sustained after the 17 April drone attack on Arab al-Aramshe.[490]
An IDF airstrike in Kafr Kila killed an Amal Movement member and injured two other people.[491][492]
22 April
Hezbollah said that it shot down an Israeli Hermes 450 drone over the
Al Aishiyeh area.[493]
Hezbollah launched approximately 35 missiles in the
Ein Zeitim area, causing no casualties.[494]
An overnight IDF strike killed a Redwan Force fighter. In the afternoon, an IDF drone strike on a car in the town of
Aadloun killed a senior leader in Hezbollah's air defense unit.[495]
Hezbollah launched a drone attack into Acre targeting two IDF bases in its deepest attack into Israel since the war began.[496]
Two people were killed and six others were injured after an Israeli airstrike on a house in Hanine.[497]
24 April
Hezbollah fired dozens of Katyusha rockets into northern Israel.[498] Two houses in Avivim were significantly damaged.[499]
The IDF struck around 40 Hezbollah targets in Ayta ash-Shab with fighter jets and artillery.[500]
25 April
One person was wounded after an Israeli drone strike on a truck in
Duris.[501]
Hezbollah fired anti-tank guided missiles, rockets, and mortars at an IDF convoy in
Ruwaisat al Alam, Shebaa Farms, destroying two vehicles and killing a civilian who had been carrying out infrastructure work for the IDF.[502][503][504][505]
The IDF carried out a total of seven airstrikes in Shebaa, Kfarchouba, Rachaya Al Foukhar, Hebbariye,
Halta, and surrounding areas.[505]
26 April
Two people were killed in an Israeli drone strike in eastern Lebanon.[506]
An Israeli drone strike on a car in
Meidoun killed two Islamic Group members, including senior commander
Mosab Khalaf.[507][508]
Hezbollah fired 30 Katyusha rockets in the Mount Hermon area, targeting IDF bases. Some of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome, while others landed in open areas.[508]
27 April
Hezbollah announced the death of two of its members in Kafr Kila and Khiam.[509] A civilian was also killed in Kfarchouba.[510]
Hezbollah said it launched drones and guided missiles into northern Israel targeting the headquarters of the Manara military command and a gathering of members of the
Golani Brigade's 51st Battalion.[509][511]
Israeli fighter jets struck a Hezbollah compound in the
Qaouzah area.[512] It later struck Hezbollah targets in Markaba and
Srebbine, wounding at least eleven Lebanese and Syrian nationals. Two people were in serious condition.[513]
Hezbollah fired around 26 rockets targeting Mount Meron and
Bar Yochai, with all the rockets being intercepted or falling into open areas. An Israeli soldier was lightly wounded by debris. A 12-year-old girl was also treated for anxiety.[513][514]
28 April
The IDF carried out attacks on Hezbollah targets in Maroun al Ras, Tayr Harfa, and Yarine.[513]
French Foreign Minister
Stéphane Séjourné arrived in Lebanon to discuss proposals to de-escalate tensions between Israel and Hezbollah.[515][516]
29 April
The Al-Qassam Brigades fired around 20 rockets into the Upper Galilee from southern Lebanon, targeting an IDF position in Kiryat Shmona.[517][518]
30 April
Two anti-tank missiles targeting the Dovev area struck open areas.[519]
Two people were lightly injured after their truck was targeted by an anti-tank missile in the
Ramot Naftali area.[520]
The IDF attacked Hezbollah positions in Khiam, Kafr Kila, Bleida, Odaisseh, and Meiss Ej Jabal.[520]
May
1 May
Hezbollah targeted an IDF base in Biranit with rockets and artillery.[521]
2 May
Israeli fighter jets bombed several buildings that housed Hezbollah militants in Ayta ash-Shab.[522]
3 May
A woman suffered minor injuries from shrapnel after a rocket was intercepted over
Juris, Israel.[522]
Eight people were wounded after an Israeli bombing on a Hezbollah General Intelligence training center in Damascus.[523]
4 May
Hezbollah fired an anti-tank missile towards Shtula and two others towards Mount Hermon.[524] Hezbollah claimed it was targeting a radar site near Shtula.[525]
The IDF attacked Hezbollah targets in Tayr Harfa, Naqoura, Marwahin, Harine, and Matmoura.[524]
5 May
Israeli air raids in Meiss Ej Jabal caused "massive destruction," according to a Lebanese state-run agency, killing four civilians and wounding two others.[526][527]
Hezbollah fired 20 Katyusha and Falaq rockets towards Kiryat Shmona, striking several buildings and lightly injuring two.[528][529] It later fired 40 rockets at the Galilee Panhandle and northern Golan Heights.[530][531]
6 May
A Hezbollah explosive drone struck the Metula area, killing two Israeli soldiers and lightly wounding another.[532][533] Hezbollah also launched 30 rockets at the Golan Heights, damaging houses in
Kidmat Tzvi.[534]
The IDF announced overnight attacks on Hezbollah targets in Ramyah, Ayta ash Shab, Marwahin,
Jabal Blat, and Shebaa Farms.[533]
The IDF struck 15 Radwan targets in
al-Lwaiza, southern Lebanon.[535] It also said it struck a Hezbollah compound in Sefri, close to Baalbek. Lebanese media said that the strike destroyed a factory and injured three people.[533][536]
Two rockets were fired from
Nawa, Syria targeting
Ramat Magshimim. The IDF responded with tank fire against the launch site.[533]
7 May
Hezbollah announced that it launched Katyusha rockets towards the towns of Kiryat Shmona, Avivim, Shtula, Kfar Yuval, Kfar Giladi and Zaoura.[537]
8 May
Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in 28 towns and villages in southern Lebanon, including a strike in Khiam where three members of the Al Quds Brigades were killed.[538][539]
Hezbollah claimed ten attacks in Israel, including against a military headquarters in
Ya'ara and a barracks in Biranit.[538]
Hezbollah announced the death of two of its fighters in Odaisseh.[540]
9 May
The IDF struck a car in
Baflieh reportedly killing four people. Hezbollah eventually announced all as their own members.[541]
An Israeli soldier was killed and another was lightly injured by mortar fire in the Malkiya area.[542]
Hezbollah launched four anti-tank missiles at Israeli targets, including an important highway.[543]
10 May
Israeli strikes in Tayr Harfa killed a rescue worker belonging to the Risala Scout association and a telecommunications technician.[544]
Hezbollah launched 35 rockets into Kiryat Shmona, causing property damage and fires in northern Israel.[545][546]
An Israeli air raid in Yaroun killed a Hezbollah member.[547]
11 May
Two Hezbollah explosive drones struck Beit Hillel. Hezbollah claimed it was targeting an IDF base and an Iron Dome battery.[548][549]
IDF fighter jets struck a Hezbollah building in al-Amra.[549]
12 May
Hezbollah said that it fired new heavy missiles called "Jihad Mughniyah" near Shebaa Farms.[550]
13 May
Hezbollah conducted a twin drone attack that caused a small fire near Beit Hillel, claiming to have been targeting an IDF position.[551]
Four Israeli soldiers were wounded in a Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack near Kibbutz Yiftah.[552]
14 May
An Israeli airstrike in Meiss Ej Jabal killed a Hezbollah member. The IDF also conducted strikes in
Kharayeb, Halta, and Yaroun.[553]
Four anti-tank guided missiles were fired at the Upper Galilee from Lebanon, sounding sirens in
Adamit, Hanita, Ya'ara,
Eilon, Goren and Arab al-Aramshe.[554][555]
Hezbollah shot down an Israeli
observation balloon over Adamit using missiles.[556] Further anti-tank missile attacks targeting the community killed a civilian and wounded five soldiers.[557]
Hezbollah fired ten rockets at Mount Hermon, triggering sirens in
Majdal Shams. No damage or injuries were reported.[558]
An Israeli drone strike on a car in Tyre killed two people and wounded two others. Hezbollah announced the death of senior commander
Hussein Ibrahim Makki following the strike, who the IDF said belonged to their Southern Front unit.[559][560]
15 May
Hamas[561] and Hezbollah fired around 60 Katyusha and heavy rockets and artillery shells at Mount Meron air traffic control base in response to Makki's killing, causing minor damage.[562] They also fired at least one heavy rocket towards the Biranit army base.[560] One of the rockets fired by Hamas fell short of its intended target, instead striking a house in
Mansouri, killing a Syrian national and injuring four others.[563]
A Hezbollah drone crashed in the
Lower Galilee for the first time since the start of the conflict. Hezbollah said it launched several drones targeting a surveillance system at an army base near
Golani Junction, west of
Tiberias.[564][565] The IDF confirmed that two drones were fired at the Tal Shamayim base, with one being intercepted.[566]
Lebanese media reported the largest Israeli bombardment of the Baalbek region in the conflict, with targets in the
Al-Nabi Shayth and
Brital areas coming under attack.[567] A civilian was slightly injured.[568]
The IDF struck a Hezbollah launch site in southern Lebanon. It also struck two Hezbollah buildings; one in Blida and a Redwan building in
Jabal Rezlâne [
ceb].[569]
16 May
Hezbollah fired 60 Katyusha rockets at the Golan Heights, targeting three IDF bases, in response to Israel's bombing of Baalbek.[570]
Hezbollah fired a drone carrying
S-5 rockets fired at a vehicle in Metula, injuring three soldiers, including one seriously.[571]
An Israeli strike targeting a car in
Qana killed two Hezbollah members.[571]
The IDF struck ten Hezbollah targets throughout southern Lebanon.[572]
17 May
Three people, including a Hezbollah fighter and two Syrian children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on
Najjariyeh, striking Hezbollah targets, a pickup truck and an orchard.[573][574] Footage of the aftermath of one of the strikes apparently showed the remains of an Iranian
Sayyad-2 surface-to-air missile.[575]
A barrage of 75 rockets was fired at northern Israel, lightly injuring two people in the Upper Galilee.[576][577]
An IDF strike on a car in
Majdal Anjar killed an Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades commander along with his bodyguard and injured two others.[578]
An Israeli drone strike on a car killed a Hezbollah senior leader and another member on the Damascus–Beirut highway.[580]
A man was injured when an Israeli drone struck his motorcycle near Naqoura.[580]
Hezbollah conducted around 15 attacks on Israeli targets.[581]
19 May
Hezbollah fired ten anti-tank missiles targeting Malkiya and Shebaa Farms.[582][583]
The IDF struck a building in Maroun al-Ras, killing a Hezbollah member.[584][583]
Hezbollah announced the death of another member who died in unclear circumstances.[585]
20 May
At least six Iranian-backed fighters were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building in
Al-Qusayr, Syria. Hezbollah announced one as their own.[586]
Hezbollah announced the death of two of its members after shelling in Naqoura.[587]
Shelling in Meiss el Jabal killed two Hezbollah members.[587]
Hezbollah fired several rockets into northern Israel, lightly wounding a soldier in the Biranit IDF base.[588]
An Israeli airstrike near Tyre killed Hezbollah coastal rocket commander Qassem Saqlawi.[589]
21 May
A UAV targeted the area of Yaroun and Maroun al-Ras.[590]
An Israeli airstrike on a car between the Bekaa and Jezzine killed the two Islamic Group fighters.[591]
Hezbollah announced the death of one of their members.[591]
22 May
An overnight strike on Odaisseh killed two Hezbollah members.[592]
A UAV crashed into northern Beit Hillel, causing no casualties.[593]
Israel attacked Hezbollah targets in Meiss Ej Jabal, Ayta ash Shab, and Aalma El Chaeb. It later struck targets in Ayta ash Shab, Marwahin, and Rab El Thalathine.[593]
23 May
An Israeli drone strike on a car heading to Nabatieh killed a Hezbollah member and lightly injured three nearby children.[594]
Hezbollah fired 30 rockets into the Upper Galilee.[595]
Two UAVs heading towards Israel were intercepted by fighter jets.[596]
24 May
Hezbollah anti-tank missiles caused damage in Dovev.[597]
Airstrikes in Meiss el Jabal killed two Hezbollah members.[598]