BEIRUT, April 16. /TASS/. The armed wing of the Shiite Hezbollah party has reported an operation against Israeli troops in the Shebaa border region in southern Lebanon.

The group’s statement, uploaded to its Telegram channel, says that Shiite fighters fired MLRS rockets at an Israeli army barracks in Zabdin. According to the statement the Israeli forces sustained losses.

Anti-tank guided missiles hit an artillery battery in Al-Samak in the Kfarchouba hills. Nothing is known about the impact of the attack.

Al Mayadeen TV reported that at least 15 rockets were fired at Israeli positions in Western Galilee. Air raid sirens went off in Adamit, Mitsuwa, Hanita, Shlomi and Yaara.

In the afternoon the Israeli Air Force raided the southern Lebanese villages of Alma al-Shaab, Halta and Yaroun, where the Shiite militia’s fire emplacements are located. According to a Hezbollah news release, one of its fighters was killed in the air raid.