Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose home was attacked by a drone on Saturday, said Iran’s representatives who tried to assassinate him and his wife made a serious mistake. According to the Israeli government, a drone attacked Netanyahu’s house, causing no casualties.
“The attempt by Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy, to assassinate me and my wife today was a serious mistake. This will not deter me or the State of Israel from continuing our just war against our enemies to secure our future. I tell Iran and its proxies in its axis of evil: Anyone who tries to harm the citizens of Israel will pay a high price. We will continue to eliminate the terrorists and those who send them. We will bring our hostages home from Gaza and return our living citizens. on our northern border safely to their homes. Israel is determined to achieve all of our war goals and change the security reality in our region for generations to come,” Netanyahu said. . publish in X read.
Israel’s military said dozens of projectiles were launched from Lebanon a day after Hezbollah announced a new phase of fighting.
Netanyahu’s office said the drone targeted his home in the Mediterranean coastal city of Caesarea. Neither he nor his wife were there. It was unclear if the house was hit.
Hezbollah did not claim responsibility for the drone attack but said it carried out several rocket attacks against northern and central Israel. The bombing came as Israel is expected to respond to an attack earlier this month by Iran, which backs both Hezbollah and Hamas.
Israel retaliates in Beirut’s southern suburbs
Israel, in turn, carried out at least 10 airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs known as Dahiyeh, a densely populated area that houses Hezbollah offices, Lebanese authorities said. Israel’s military said it had attacked Hezbollah targets.
50 people, including children, in less than 24 hours in Gaza
In Gaza, Israeli forces fired on hospitals in the battered north of the Palestinian enclave and the attacks killed more than 50 people, including children, in less than 24 hours, according to hospital officials and an Associated Press reporter there.
“The possibility of war in the region remains a serious concern,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said during his visit to Türkiye. Group of Seven defense ministers warned against escalation and “total war.”
Bombings from Lebanon target northern Israel. The war between Israel and Hezbollah has escalated. Hezbollah said on Friday it planned to send more guided missiles and explosive drones to Israel. The militant group’s former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in September, and Israel sent ground troops to Lebanon earlier this month.
Israel’s military said on Saturday that some 180 projectiles were fired from Lebanon. A 50-year-old man was hit by shrapnel and killed in northern Israel, and four other people were injured, Israel’s medical services said.
In the northern city of Kiryat Ata, a rocket fell. Itzik Billet, commander of the Haifa area, said nine people were slightly injured.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in the eastern village of Baaloul killed five people, including the mayor of a nearby village, Sohmor. An Israeli military official confirmed that the IDF attacked targets in the Bekaa Valley.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle on a highway north of Beirut and killed two people. Israel has issued almost daily warnings for people to leave buildings and villages in parts of Lebanon. The fighting has displaced more than a million people, including some 400,000 children.
Israel also said it killed Hezbollah’s deputy commander in the southern town of Bint Jbeil. The military said Nasser Rashid oversaw the attacks on Israel.
Israel releases leaflets showing Sinwar’s body
Israel and Hamas have expressed resistance to ending the war in Gaza after the assassination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the main architect of the attack on Israel more than a year ago that killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped another 250. Around 100 hostages remain in Gaza, at least 30 of whom Israel says are dead.
(With AP inputs)
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