Hezbollah on Saturday barraged northern Israel with rockets, including near the city of Haifa, after the Israeli military said more than 100 projectiles entered Israel from Lebanon.
The Lebanese terrorist group has hit a military base east of Haifa with a “massive volley” of rockets, AFP news agency reported. The Israel Defense Forces announced that approximately 180 projectiles were fired by Hezbollah, which has vowed to escalate its war against Israel, after a senior Hezbollah official was killed in an IDF airstrike.
“The Israel Defense Forces continue to protect the State of Israel and its people from the threat of the terrorist organization Hezbollah,” the IDF said in a statement.
At least five people were injured by shrapnel in Kiryat Ata, Haifa, emergency services provider Magen David Adom said, according to AFP news agency.
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Israeli Apache attack helicopter, Nahariya, Israel, October 19, 2024. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)
The newspaper said rockets damaged a three-story building and burned two cars in Kiryat Ata.
Saturday's attack followed the firing of a drone at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the coastal city of Caesarea.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife were not at home at the time of the incident, his spokesman told Fox News. No injuries were reported as a result of this incident.
Iran-backed Hezbollah has launched attacks on Israel in recent weeks after the Israel Defense Forces successfully disrupted the terrorist group's electronic communications and killed its leaders, including Saeed Hassan Nasrallah and his successor. is being strengthened.
IDF video: Israeli tank fires in building where Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar barricaded himself before being killed
Fire and rescue workers work at the scene of a fire following a projectile attack as hostilities continue between Hezbollah and Israel near Shlomi in northern Israel on October 19, 2024. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)
Israel dealt another major blow to Iranian proxies this week by killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Hezbollah and Hamas, along with other proxies, make up the “Axis of Resistance” that Iran has used to counter Israel and the United States and assert power in the Middle East for decades.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said in a speech on Saturday that Sinwar's death would not end the “axis of resistance” and that Hamas would survive.
“His loss is undoubtedly painful for the axis of resistance, but the front did not stop its progress even with the martyrdom of a prominent figure,” Khamenei said in a statement. “Hamas is alive and will continue to be alive.”
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Sinwar, the architect of Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war, was killed in a gunfight with Israeli forces on Wednesday and pronounced dead on Thursday after a year-long search. Announced.
“He was the shining face of resistance and struggle. With steely determination he faced an oppressive and aggressive enemy. With wisdom and courage, he led the undoing of October 7, which will be recorded in the history of the region. “And with honor and pride he ascended to the heaven of martyrs,'' Khamenei said.
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“As always, by the grace and help of God, we remain on the side of honest fighters and combatants.”
Fox News Digital's Landon Mion and Reuters contributed to this report.
