Israel bombards south Lebanon areas

Israeli occupation forces on Monday bombarded the suburbs of Barachit and Hadatha towns, and the bombardment resulted in damaging several houses in Barachit.

News reports from south Lebanon said the bombardment coincided with a mopping-up operation in which the Israeli forces used machine guns, targeting the populated areas of the two towns. One woman in Barachit suffered a nervous breakdown as a result of the bombardment.

Also targeted under the Israeli bombardment were the suburbs of the towns of Eita al-Jabal and Tebnin. One shell struck a position manned by Finnish soldiers working within UNIFIL in south Lebanon.

On Sunday night, a Lebanese resistance group shelled two Israeli border positions, al-Allam and Raimia, in the occupied strip of south Lebanon. In a statement, the Lebanese resistance said its fighters inflicted damage on the two positions, adding that the shelling was in retaliation to the Israeli attacks against Lebanese civilians and because of Israel's persistence in violating the provisions of the April Understanding.

On Monday, the Lebanese resistance launched a series of attacks against the Israeli troops' and their militia allies'positions in the occupied part of south Lebanon. In a statement, the resistance said one of its groups attacked an Israeli-seized area in south Lebanon named New Beit Yahoun, using machine guns and rockets. Severe damage was inflicted, they said.