Israeli soldiers have launched fireballs into Lebanon using a medieval-style trebuchet.
Footage shows IDF soldiers firing the trebuchet right next to the Lebanese border as it fires the flaming projectile over the border, right into Lebanese plantations.
'This is a local initiative and not a tool that is widely used,' the military told Israeli state broadcaster KAN News.
'The area on the Lebanese border is characterised by boulders, thickets, and dense thorn vegetation, which poses a challenge to the IDF troops deployed in defense,' the IDF added as a reason for launching the fireballs.
The trebuchet was commonly used during the Middle Ages in sieges involving castles and other fortified locations, with large stones and projectiles being launched at enemy lines.
Israeli soldiers have launched fireballs into Lebanon using a medieval-style trebuchet
Footage shows IDF soldiers firing the trebuchet right next to the Lebanese border as it fires the flaming projectile over the border.
'The area on the Lebanese border is characterised by boulders, thickets, and dense thorn vegetation, which poses a challenge to the IDF troops deployed in defense,' the IDF added as a reason for launching the fireballs
Another video posted to X shows an IDF soldier as she shoots a flaming arrow over the border to Lebanon.
Smoke is seen following over border attacks from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, close to the Israeli border with Lebanon, on its Israel side, June 13, 2024
Israeli firefighters work following rocket attacks from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near the border on its Israeli side, June 13, 2024
Two men stand by a truck as they watch smoke plumes rising from a fire in a field after rockets launched from southern Lebanon landed near the outskirts of Katzrin in the Golan Heights on June 13, 2024
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