Hezbollah claims missile attacks on Israeli tank and base

Middle Eastern outlets focus on how Israeli strikes across Lebanon, including in Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburb and in the south, are hitting both Hezbollah areas and state forces. They highlight that the Lebanese army has been thrust into the centre of the conflict after its soldiers were killed or wounded, and that civilian areas in both Lebanon and Israel have been struck by rockets and shells. They present the fighting as deepening Lebanon’s internal divisions and testing the country’s already fragile institutions.

• •Israeli attacks have killed and wounded Lebanese army soldiers, dragging the army into the confrontation with Israel.
• •Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburb is being targeted because it is a core Hezbollah stronghold and command area.
• •Hezbollah has launched rockets and drones at northern Israel as part of a broader front supporting Palestinian groups.
• •A Hezbollah rocket hitting a residential building in Nahariya shows that Israeli civilians are also under fire.
• •Lebanon’s political and sectarian divisions are being sharpened by the war between Hezbollah and Israel.