Four people died present in the Israeli village shelling in the Bekaa Valley in the east of Lebanon," informed the AFP agency, citing the wellness ministry in Beirut. The fire began just before Israel issued an order to evacuate this and 11 another villages in the neighboring country.
According to the Lebanese portal Naharnet, the victims, among whom were 2 women, were killed in the village of Zillaja. The Lebanese NNA news agency reported that the attack was directed at the home of the head of the local administration.
The Israeli army assured that the intent of the operation was the infrastructure of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, including weapons warehouses, provided the Jerusalem Post portal, adding that 2 Israeli soldiers were injured in confederate Lebanon today.
Proiran Hezbollah attacked Israeli troops in at least 3 locations," said Naharnet, recalling that the Proiran group began to fire on Israel in the first days of March, to which Israel responded by raids and began a land invasion into confederate Lebanon, dominated by the Shiite-friendly population of Hezbollah.
APW, PAP
