Israel again bombed the Bekaa Valley, an important Hezbollah stronghold in eastern Lebanon

Israel It bombed again this Wednesday The Bekaa Valley, a region located in the east of the country Lebanon Far from the border between the two countries, a few hours after an attack launched by the Shiite group Hizb allah It caused at least 16 people to be injured in the north of the Jewish state.

Three missiles hit a building located in a residential area in the Lebanese town of Iaat, a few kilometers from the tourist city of Baalbek, which includes Greco-Roman antiquities and which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (National News Agency). That) I mentioned).

TV channel Al-ManarHe, who serves as a Hezbollah spokesman, confirmed that the area was subjected to an Israeli air strike, but it is not known at this time whether any casualties had been reported.

The Bekaa Valley is an important stronghold of the Shiite movement In the last two months, it has been bombed by Israel on several occasions, although exchanges of fire between the two sides remain mainly concentrated in areas close to the actual border between the two countries.

Action against IAT occurs After Hezbollah attacked facilities in the Israeli town of Arab Aramsha with missiles and drones on WednesdayWhich the formation described in a statement as “the headquarters of the new military reconnaissance unit.”

Israel confirmed that the attack resulted in the injury of 18 people, including 14 soldiers, which is one of the highest numbers since the beginning of the border clashes more than half a year ago.

The two sides continue their exchange of fire in parallel with the Gaza war, amid growing regional tension after the attack carried out by Iran over the weekend with more than 300 drones and missiles towards Israeli territory, where no one was recorded dead.

According to statistics from the agency France Press agency, The almost daily exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah has so far led to the death of 363 people in Lebanon, most of them terrorists, and the displacement of more than 150,000 people on both sides of the border. The Israeli army claims that 10 soldiers were killed in this exchange of fire and that eight civilians were killed.

On the occasion of the clashes that have been going on for six months, the Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Aroldo Lazaro, and the organization’s Special Coordinator in the country, Joanna Vronitka, called on the parties to ceasefire. and seeking a negotiated solution “while there is still room for diplomacy.”

The officials noted in a joint statement that this outbreak of violence represented the “most serious” violation to date of the Security Council resolution that ended the war waged by Hezbollah and the Jewish state in 2006. “Violence and suffering have continued for too long, and must end,” they urged. “All parties will recommit to the cessation of hostilities within the framework of Resolution 1701 and utilize all means to avoid further escalation while there is still room for diplomacy.”

(With information from AFP and EFE)