STORY: Clashes continue on Lebanese-Israeli border
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 9, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 11, 2023
LENGTH: 0:04:08
LOCATION: Beirut
CATEGORY: MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of smoke resulting from Israeli shelling on the outskirts of the Lebanese border town of Tayr Harfa
2. house destroyed by Israeli shelling on the border town of Tayr Harfa
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HAJJ KASSEM ABOU HADIR, Local resident
4. smoke resulting from an Israeli air raid on the border village of Tayr Harfa
5. video circulated by Hezbollah media showing a guided missile hitting an Israeli military post
6. video circulated by Hezbollah media showing mortar shells being fired against an Israeli military post
7. video circulated by Hezbollah media showing mortar shells hitting an Israeli military post

STORYLINE:

Two Lebanese civilians and six Israeli soldiers were injured on Sunday in confrontations between Hezbollah and the Israeli army on the Lebanese-Israeli borders, sources said.
  
Later in the day, the Israeli media reported that two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were moderately wounded, and four others were lightly hurt by shrapnels and smoke inhalation in a Hezbollah drone attack on a base in western Galilee.
   
Meanwhile, Lebanese military sources said that Israeli warplanes on Sunday launched 11 airstrikes on several villages and towns in southern Lebanon, injuring two civilians, destroying four houses and causing damage to another 22.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HAJJ KASSEM ABOU HADIR, Local resident
"This war that was waged lately is truly the fiercest we have ever seen, not even in ancient times. A population that is being targeted with ethnic cleansing and all Western media says that the U.S. has the right to use the veto for a ceasefire. The U.S. is not killing militants. They are killing children and women. A Syrian displaced family was living in this (destroyed) house and they left when the war began. The target is the human being. Every person who says no to Israel and the U.S. is targeted. During all the time of the war, I was only upset yesterday. After this house was destroyed, I went to my neighborhood and found that nobody was staying there. The only people staying are me and my family."
   
The Lebanon-Israel border has witnessed increased tension since Oct. 8, after Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets toward Shebaa Farms in support of the Hamas attacks on Israel the previous day, prompting the Israeli forces to respond by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon.
   
The confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel have killed 144 on the Lebanese side, including 99 Hezbollah members, a Lebanese soldier, one member of the Amal Movement, 16 members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and 27 civilians, including three journalists, according to Lebanese security sources.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beirut.
(XHTV)