Israeli troopers launch FIREBALLS into Lebanon utilizing trebuchet
Israeli soldiers have launched fireballs into Lebanon using a medieval-style trebuchet.
Footage appears to show IDF soldiers firing the trebuchet right next to the Lebanese border as it fires the flaming projectile over the border, right into Lebanese plantations.
‘This is a local initiative and not a tool that is widely used,’ the military told Israeli state broadcaster KAN News.
‘The area on the Lebanese border is characterised by boulders, thickets, and dense thorn vegetation, which poses a challenge to the IDF troops deployed in defense,’ the IDF added as a reason for launching the fireballs.
The trebuchet was commonly used during the Middle Ages in sieges involving castles and other fortified locations, with large stones and projectiles being launched at enemy lines.
Israeli soldiers have launched fireballs into Lebanon using a medieval-style trebuchet
Footage appears to show IDF soldiers firing the trebuchet right next to the Lebanese border as it fires the flaming projectile over the border, right into Lebanese plantations
‘The area on the Lebanese border is characterised by boulders, thickets, and dense thorn vegetation, which poses a challenge to the IDF troops deployed in defense,’ the IDF added as a reason for launching the fireballs
Another video posted to X appears to show an IDF soldier as she shoots a flaming arrow over the border to Lebanon.
This comes as Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah said it had launched rockets and weaponised drones at nine Israeli military sites in a coordinated attack today.
The attacks were carried out in retaliation for an Israeli strike on Tuesday that killed a senior Hezbollah field commander.
A security source told Lebanon it was the largest attack waged by Hezbollah since October, when the group started exchanging fire with Israel in parallel with the Gaza war.
Hezbollah said in a statement it had fired volleys of Katyusha and Falaq rockets at six Israeli military locations. Its Al-Manar television reported more than 100 rockets fired at once.
Hezbollah’s statement said it had also launched attack drones at the headquarters of Israel’s northern command, an intelligence headquarters and a military barracks.
A security source told Reuters that involved firing at least 30 attack drones at once, making it the group’s largest drone attack to date in the eight-month-old war.
The Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have been trading near-daily fire since the eruption of the Gaza war in October, but the last two days have seen a sharp rise following the Israeli strike that killed the Hezbollah commander.
Smoke is seen following over border attacks from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, close the Israeli border with Lebanon, on its Israel side, June 13, 2024
Israeli firefighters work following rocket attacks from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near the border on its Israeli side, June 13, 2024
Two men stand by a truck as they watch smoke plumes rising from a fire in a field after rockets launched from southern Lebanon landed near the outskirts of Katzrin in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on June 13, 2024
Israeli strikes have killed more than 300 Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon – more than it lost in 2006, when the sides last fought a major war, according to a Reuters tally.
The number of civilians killed is around 80, the tally says. Attacks from Lebanon have killed 18 Israeli soldiers and 10 civilians, Israel says.
The exchanges of fire have also displaced tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border.
‘Diplomatically or militarily, peace will be returned to our north. Israel will defend itself. There should not be any doubt about this whatsoever. This [situation] cannot be a sustained reality,’ Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer said.
G7 leaders meeting in Italy said in a draft communique that they were very concerned by the situation on the Israel-Lebanon border.
