JERUSALEM (AFP): The Israeli army on Monday said it had deployed another division to participate in operations in Lebanon, making it the third troop grouping at division strength to be used in the ground fight against Hezbollah.
“The soldiers of the 91st Division began localized and targeted operational activity in southern Lebanon,” said a statement from the army.
As the Israeli army announced that it deployed another division to participate in the operations, Hezbollah said on Monday that it targeted Israeli troops in a south Lebanon border village.
Hezbollah fighters “bombed… a gathering of Israeli forces in the Maroun al-Ras park with a rocket salvo,” the Iran-backed group said in a statement, after announcing separately it had targeted several areas of northern Israel and military positions across the border.