Hezbollah launches massive missile and drone attack on Israel

Smoke in northern Israel after Hezbollah missile attack

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Hezbollah says it fired 200 rockets and 20 drones from Lebanon into northern Israel. Sirens sounded continuously in dozens of locations in northern Israel. Hezbollah says the attack targeted military bases. It comes in response to Israel’s killing of a senior Hezbollah commander yesterday.

Al Jazeera Reports Israeli soldiers will be seriously injured, Haaretz says. two people They got hurt.

In previous large-scale air strikes from Lebanon, almost all of the missiles were shot down. Israel has very advanced anti-aircraft systems, but with large numbers of missiles they can become overloaded.

A fire was reported at the port of Acre in northern Israel. The building was likely hit by shrapnel, possibly from a missile fired from an anti-aircraft facility. There were no reports of injuries there, The Times of Israel reported.

Forest fires have been reported in several places in the north, caused by rockets or falling debris. Hezbollah says it has attacked seven military bases. The army has not yet announced anything.

fear of escalation

The Israeli military has not yet reported any casualties. Army spokesman Hagari said that the Israeli Air Force attacked launch sites in southern Lebanon as a result of the attack. According to Hagari, several attacks from Lebanon were successfully intercepted.

There are many similarities between today’s attack and the attack a month ago. Hezbollah also carried out a large-scale attack on military sites in northern Israel in response to the killing of a senior commander.

Lebanon’s Shiite militia and the Israeli military have been carrying out daily attacks on each other for months, and in recent weeks, fears have grown that the increasingly violent bombings could lead to a full-scale war.

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