Hezbollah says struck Israel after field commander's killing
The Hindu
Hezbollah retaliates against Israel with rocket attacks after Israeli strike kills senior member, escalating cross-border violence.
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched dozens of rockets at north Israel military positions on May 15 in retaliation for the killing of a member Israel said was a field commander.
Israel and Hamas ally Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire following the Palestinian group's October 7 attack on southern Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.
Hezbollah fighters on May 15 attacked "the Meron base with dozens of Katyusha rockets, heavy rockets and artillery shells" as well as targeting a barrack with "heavy rockets," the group said.
The attacks were "part of the response to the assassination carried out by the Israeli enemy in the south" the previous day, it said.
Israel's Army said sirens sounded in Meron on May 15 without providing further details.
On May 14 evening, Hezbollah said Israeli fire had killed its member Hussein Makki, who was identified as a field commander by a source close to the group.
The Israeli Army later confirmed it had launched the strike that killed Makki.