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Hezbollah fired 176 projectiles at IDF troops in southern Lebanon over past day, Israeli envoy to US says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
In the past day, Hezbollah fired 176 projectiles at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter says on X.
Leiter lists a dozen villages in southern Lebanon from which he says Hezbollah fired the rockets at Israeli forces overnight.
“Kfar Sir, Al-Zaharani, Khirbat a-Dwir, Tufakhta, Mazraat a-Daudia, Tul, Kharouf, Jouaiyya, Kfar Riman, Kfar Fila, Joubaa, Mazraat a-Kamata, Kharet a-Nabbaa. These are all villages in southern Lebanon,” Leiter writes.
“Hezbollah fired 50 rockets at Israeli troops overnight – all from these villages,” he says.
According to Leiter, Hezbollah fired 147 rockets, 20 drones, and 9 anti-tank missiles at Israeli troops “in 24 hours.”
“Hezbollah are terrorists. Hezbollah lies. Hezbollah is Iran’s long arm and they don’t want a cease fire,” he adds.
Kfar Sir, Al-Zaharani, Khirbat a-Dwir, Tufakhta, Mazraat a-Daudia, Tul, Kharouf, Jouaiyya, Kfar Riman, Kfar Fila, Joubaa, Mazraat a-Kamata, Kharet a-Nabbaa.
These are all villages in southern Lebanon. Most of them within the yellow line.
Hezbollah fired 50 rockets at Israeli…
— Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter (@yechielleiter) June 20, 2026
Leiter has recently been publishing detailed reports on Hezbollah attacks on Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, along with Israeli military activity — oftentimes before the IDF spokesperson.
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