Tel Aviv: The Israeli military says it is activating reserve troops in response to rising tensions with the Hezbollah militant group. The Wednesday announcement indicates that Israel is planning even tougher action against the Lebanese group. It comes hours after Hezbollah fired a missile toward Tel Aviv for the first time. The army said it was calling up “two reserve brigades for operational missions in the northern arena.” “This will enable the continuation of combat against the Hezbollah terrorist organisation,” it said.
At least three people were wounded when a house in a northern Israeli kibbutz was hit on Wednesday during a Hezbollah rocket barrage, medics said. The wounded were evacuated to a hospital in the nearby city of Nahariya near the border with Lebanon.
Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets into Israel as Israel widened its airstrikes in Lebanon and shot down a missile that the armed group fired at Tel Aviv, further intensifying the conflict between the two arch-foes. World leaders meanwhile expressed concern that the conflict - running in parallel to Israel's war in Gaza against Hamas - was rapidly intensifying as the death toll in Lebanon rose.
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