Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terrorist group that controls large parts of Lebanon, claimed to have attacked Israeli military targets on Sunday but was widely mocked for attacking chicken coops and little else.
As Breitbart News reported, Israel launched a preemptive strike against thousands of Hezbollah rocket launchers early Sunday after determining that Hezbollah was planning to launch hundreds of rockets, including at Tel Aviv.
Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets and drones. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the attack was in retaliation for Israel’s killing of its deputy commander, Fouad Shukr, in Beirut last month.
Nasrallah said last night’s operation ended Hezbollah’s response to the killing of Fouad Shukr in July, but that Hezbollah would “pursue” any provocations that continued.
Nasrallah also acknowledged that Katyusha rockets and drones were the main weapons used yesterday.
— Mike DiMino (@mpdimino) August 25, 2024
Hezbollah also claimed that Israel had not launched any preemptive strikes, again confirming Israeli suspicions that an attack was imminent.
The operation, involving 100 Israeli aircraft, managed to intercept a significant portion of Hezbollah’s rockets, with the rest being dealt with by Israel’s missile defense systems.
However, apparently one of them hit the chicken coop.
In a Hezbollah attack this morning, a rocket fired from Lebanon hit a chicken coop in the Manot district of Western Galilee.
Firefighters are working to extinguish the fires caused by the rocket strike. pic.twitter.com/JUIV0DdPGY
— Emmanuel (Manny) Fabian (@manniefabian) August 25, 2024
Israel Hayom Reported Nasrallah has been ridiculed on social media, including across the Arab world, for his hyperbolic statements and thinly veiled retaliatory measures against Israel.
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