Fierce fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli army is raging in the border town of Khiam, a “strategic gate” in southern Lebanon that Israel has been trying to seize for several days, the National Security Agency said on Saturday. information (ANI).
“Israel continued its night attacks against the town of Khiam until the morning, using all types of weapons to gain control of the town,” according to ANI, which specifies that Khiam is considered by Israel as a “ strategic gateway facilitating rapid land progression.
Israeli tanks have been stationed east of Khiam, 6 km from the border, for more than three weeks. On Tuesday, the agency reported tank movements north of the town.
ANI indicates that the Israeli army seeks to “encircle the city from all sides”, aided by massive air and ground cover in and around the locality, where it dynamites buildings and houses.
Over the past two days, Hezbollah has, for its part, claimed responsibility for around twenty attacks against Israeli soldiers in Khiam.
The agency also reported, on Saturday, violent fighting near the town of Bayyada, in southern Lebanon, whose location on the coast also offers a “strategic” advantage, approximately 7 km from the border.
The Israeli army carried out incursions into several border villages in Lebanon, dynamiting houses and claiming to destroy Hezbollah tunnels, before withdrawing.
Israel says it wants to distance Hezbollah from the border areas of southern Lebanon to allow the return of nearly 60,000 inhabitants of the north of the country, displaced by rocket fire from the pro-Iranian formation.
