An Israeli strike on a car in south Lebanon killed three children and their grandmother on Sunday, a Hezbollah lawmaker from the area has claimed, calling the attack a “dangerous development” for which Israel would pay a price.
Lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said the mother of the three children - girls aged between 8 and 14 - was wounded in the attack which struck the car as it drove between the villages of Aynata and Aitaroun near the Israeli border.
Hezbollah responded by firing multiple grad rockets at the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, according to a statement.
The Lebanese militant faction said its attack came in response to Israel‘s “heinous and brutal crime”.
The chief of staff of the Israeli Northern Command has since said that they are “ready at any moment to attack in the north”.
It comes as Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that they had “reached the coastline [in Gaza] and are holding it”.
He suggested Israeli forces have now fully severed the Gaza Strip in half, encircling Gaza City in the process.
