TEL AVIV, November 16. /TASS/. The Israel Defense Forces delivered strikes on a number of military facilities controlled by Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement in response to missile launches from the Lebanese territory, the IDF press service said on Thursday.

"Yesterday (Wednesday), an anti-tank missile was launched from Lebanon toward the area of Shlomi in northern Israel. In response, the IDF struck the Hezbollah launch post from which the missile was fired,’ IDF said.

Furthermore, the IDF said its troops "struck several observation posts and additional launch posts, a weapons compound, and terror infrastructure sites" belonging to Hezbollah.

Tensions flared up in the Middle East after Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip attacked Israeli territory on October 7, when many Israelis living in the settlements near the border were killed and more than 200 people, including children, women and the elderly, were taken hostage. Hamas views its attack as a response to Israeli authorities’ steps against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Israel declared a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and launched bombardments of the enclave and some areas in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also reported in the West Bank.