The Israeli military said on Sunday it fired artillery into an area of southern Lebanon where cross-border mortar fire took place.

The Israeli army “has been taking preparational measures for this type of possibility and will continue to operate in all regions and at any time necessary to ensure the safety of the Israeli civilians,” it said.

The statement came as Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack - using “large numbers of rockets and shells” - on the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms on Sunday, saying it was "in solidarity" with the Palestinian people.

The group said in a written statement that the attack targeted three posts including a "radar site" in the Shebaa Farms, a slice of land occupied by Israel since 1967 that Lebanon has claimed as its own.

Source: Asharq Al-Awsat

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