At least eight Israeli soldiers were injured by Hezbollah rockets near the border with southern Lebanon on Friday, including the son of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, according to Israeli media. The Lebanese resistance targeted Israeli troop gatherings on Friday. A rocket struck a group of soldiers, wounding eight, five of whom are in serious condition, according to Israel’s military.
The Givati Brigade soldiers were transported to the hospital for treatment. Smotrich’s office released a statement saying his son was among the wounded troops. The attack comes a day after Smotrich vowed that Israel would make Beirut “look like Khan Yunis.”
Hezbollah drone and rocket attacks on Israeli positions have been ongoing, including soldiers inside Lebanon and forces across the border.
“The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted a position where soldiers of the Israeli enemy army were entrenched in the Blat al-Mustaqbal area in southern Lebanon with a guided missile… and achieved a direct hit,” Hezbollah announced early Friday evening.
It also announced drone attacks on Kiryat Shmona, a rocket attack on a base in Safad, and around a dozen other operations.
Israel has started a ground invasion of Lebanon after the pro-Tehran resistance reopened the front, following the beginning of the war of aggression against Iran.
Occupation troops have crossed the border into the country, while other forces are positioned in locations that the Israeli army occupied inside Lebanon after the ceasefire deal in 2024.
Since the ground war began, Hebrew media have reported several “difficult security incidents” which are under heavy censorship.
An Israeli army officer was wounded by Hezbollah resistance fighters on March 5, the Israeli military announced in an official statement.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s son was sent off to the northern front with Hezbollah and a day after was wounded:
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s son lasted one day in Lebanon before getting injured, according to Israeli media. pic.twitter.com/mifpnHiLiu
— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) March 6, 2026
The battles coincided with continued indiscriminate bombing by Israel across south Lebanon, the east, and the capital, Beirut. Over 200 Lebanese have been killed by Israel since March 2.
According to a report by Al Jadeed TV, France has proposed an initiative for an end to the war in Lebanon in exchange for “a full surrender of Hezbollah.”
Hezbollah is “rejecting that any party negotiates on its behalf over ending the war, stressing that when the negotiations course matures, it will be the first negotiator, seeing as it considers the previous agreement to be unideal.”
The Israeli army has attacked southern Lebanon almost every day since the November 2024 so-called ceasefire, killing hundreds of people. Hezbollah or possibly other groups began to launch sporadic missiles into northern Israel soon after the start of the Iran war this week.
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