The Israeli Defense Forces claim it has made missile attacks against military targets of Hezbollah near the border with Lebanon in the past 24 hours after President Joe Biden expressed his concerns about the terror group,
Daily Mail reports.
One of the many targets they hit was a military observation post in the northern town of Rosh Hanikra, they tweeted out Thursday.
One of its tanks also hit two anti-tank guided missiles in southern Lebanon in anticipation of an attack. A third was a drone strike that aimed for a terror cell in the Malkia area in Israel toward the border.
The IDF said the missile strikes were a response to shooting incidents in Israel over the past day.
The Israel-Lebanon border has become somewhat contentious amid the war going on in the wake of the Hamas attack that killed over 1,400 Israelis.
There have been reports of Hezbollah attacks and rockets fired from northern Lebanon toward northern Israel, the Times of Israel reported.
It comes after Biden said he was concerned about the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, based in Lebanon, getting involved.
The US is elevating its travel advisory and allowing non-emergency personnel to leave Lebanon after the embassy in Beirut was targeted by Pro-Palestinian protestors who started a fire at the complex.
US military groups deployed smoke and gas to disperse the protestors who gathered at the embassy following an attack on a hospital in Gaza. Hours after the protests began, the State Department issued the travel advisory.
'The Department authorized the voluntary, temporary departure of family members of US government personnel and some non-emergency personnel from US Embassy Beirut due to the unpredictable security situation in Lebanon,' the announcement read.
White House officials have been in contact with Hezbollah figures, Axios reported, urging them to stand down.
Hezbollah has said it will stand with Hamas.
The Pentagon has sent two aircraft carriers to the region, the USS Gerald Ford, and the USS Dwight Eisenhower.
