STORY: Israel launches air strike on S. Lebanon: military source
DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:21
LOCATION: Beirut
CATEGORY: MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Israel bombing on south Lebanon
2. various of UNIFIL post on Lebanese-Israeli border
3. various of smoke resulting from Israeli bombing
4. various of UNIFIL headquarters in south Lebanon
5. various of UNIFIL post in south Lebanon
6. various of Israeli shelling of south Lebanon

STORYLINE:

Israeli warplanes on Sunday raided the outskirts of the town of Marwahin by firing two air-to-surface missiles in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.

According to unnamed military sources, a thick plume of black smoke rose from the targeted area while Israeli military and reconnaissance aircraft were still flying over Lebanon's airspace.

The sources added that heavy Israeli artillery fired 45 shells toward the outskirts of the border towns of Marwahin and Blida in southwest Lebanon.

Earlier in the day, Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based armed group and political party, launched a guided Kornet missile at Zahr al-Jamal, an Israeli military site in southwest Lebanon, killing one Israeli soldier and injuring three others, according to Israeli media.

The situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated after the firing by Hezbollah on Oct. 8 of tens of missiles toward military sites in Shebaa Farms in support of the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation launched by Hamas the previous day, prompting the Israeli forces to respond the same day by firing heavy artillery, targeting several areas in southeast Lebanon.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beirut.
(XHTV)