The Israeli army closed areas around a number of towns in northern Israel after a security assessment, on Saturday, after many of them were evacuated due to the launching of rockets and shells by the Lebanese Hezbollah group from Lebanon.

He announced that the closed military zones along the border with Lebanon will now include Zarit, Shomara, Shtullah, Natua, and Evin Menachem.

On Saturday, the Israeli army reported that its forces bombed 280 “terrorist targets” in the context of combat operations in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip during Yom Kippur, that is, from Friday evening until Saturday evening.

The army said in a statement that the Israeli Air Force “struck about 280 terrorist targets belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Among these targets were underground terrorist infrastructure, weapons depots, military command centers, terrorist cells, and other terrorist infrastructure.”< /p>

On the other hand, the Israeli army said that the Lebanese Hezbollah fired about 320 projectiles from Lebanon at Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest Jewish holiday that began on Friday evening and ended on Saturday night.

Hezbollah took a decision to open a “support front” for its ally, Hamas, in Gaza against Israel on October 8, 2023.

The intensity of the confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel escalated until it turned into an open war on September 23 of last year.