A spokesman confirmed this. However, Netanyahu and his wife were not at home at the time of the attack. There is a Netanyahu house in Caesarea, a coastal town on the Mediterranean. The spokesman did not mention the exact location of the drone’s impact. Such information is generally not permitted to be published in Israel.
The reason for this is that adversaries could use this information for future attacks. Media had reported an impact near Netanyahu’s home. According to the army, no one was injured. Two further unmanned flying objects were intercepted.
Air alarm in Tel Aviv
There was also an air alert in the coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv, further south. There was a drone approaching the Glilot district, where the headquarters of the Israeli foreign secret service Mossad and another secret service headquarters are located. According to the army, the sirens also wailed in Haifa, in numerous places in northern Israel such as the city of Tiberias on the western bank of the Sea of Galilee and in the Golan Heights.
According to authorities, two people were killed in an Israeli counterattack north of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The Lebanese Ministry of Health said the attack in the Jounieh area targeted a vehicle.
Panic among residents
The area of the drone attack in the multi-religious country is predominantly inhabited by Christians. Panic broke out among residents there. Eyewitnesses reported that they had previously felt safe there from Israeli attacks. It is the first time Jounieh has been hit since fighting broke out between Israel and Hezbollah. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the attack.
The Ministry of Health also reported an attack in Zefta in the south of the country. Three people were killed and one person was injured. According to the Lebanese news agency NNA, there were also attacks overnight and early in the morning in the area of the coastal city of Sidon, in Nabatija in the south of the country, and in Bint Jubail, not far from the Israeli border.
Daily attacks
The Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah, which is allied with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, has been firing rockets and drones at Israel almost daily since the Gaza war began in October last year. Following news of the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the Iran-backed militia announced “a new phase of escalation.”
