Hezbollah announced multiple artillery and rocket strikes targeting Israeli military forces attempting to advance into the southern Lebanese border towns of Odaisseh and Aitaroun, reportedly forcing an Israeli retreat.
Multiple Arab news networks reported intense border clashes on March 9, 2026, as Hezbollah targeted advancing Israeli military units in southern Lebanon. According to the pro-Palestinian شبكة قدس الإخبارية, Hezbollah forces engaged an Israeli unit that infiltrated toward the border town of Odaisseh. The group reported clashing with the Israeli forces using machine guns and rocket shells, which forced them to retreat to Khallet al-Mahafer.
Following the reported retreat, Hezbollah continued to target the area. شبكة قدس الإخبارية noted that Hezbollah fighters fired a rocket salvo at a gathering of vehicles and soldiers of the Israeli enemy army in Khallet al-Mahafer, located on the outskirts of Odaisseh. The Iraqi resistance-aligned channel واحد عراق similarly relayed breaking alerts that Hezbollah forces targeted the Israeli enemy army with artillery shells as they advanced toward the same location. The pro-resistance network 🌐 شـبكة الأحرار الإخبـاريـه 🌐 echoed these reports, stating that Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted the advancing forces after monitoring their movements.
Simultaneously, Hezbollah reported engaging Israeli forces on a second front near the border town of Aitaroun. The prominently anti-Israel Lebanese journalist channel الاعلامي حسين مرتضى reported that Hezbollah fired artillery at a force of the Israeli enemy advancing toward Aitaroun. واحد عراق and Quds News Network both circulated statements confirming that Hezbollah targeted the Israeli enemy force with artillery shells after observing their advance. The strikes on the Aitaroun axis were reportedly sustained, with both Quds News Network and حسين مرتضى noting that Hezbollah bombarded the advancing Israeli forces for the second time.
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