Beirut: Several towns in southern Lebanon came under Israeli artillery shelling on Wednesday evening, with a number of homes targeted, a Lebanese security source reported. The source told Petra's correspondent in Beirut that the shelling was particularly intense in the city of Mays al-Jabal, where violent explosions were heard across the border area.
According to Jordan News Agency, additional shells struck the outskirts of the western town of Houla. The source added that Israeli military vehicle movements were observed from the Bayad Blida site following the launch of a shell that landed between Mays al-Jabal and the town of Muhaybib in the eastern sector. The Israeli army fired illumination flares over Wadi Hunin.