The Iranian-backed Lebanese resistance militant group Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets at Haifa, Israel‘s third-largest city, on October 7, the anniversary of the Hamas attack.
According to the news agency “Reuters”, in the statement issued by the Israeli army, it was said that until 5 pm on Monday, about 135 missiles entered the Israeli territory.
Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, said it hit a military base south of Haifa with “Fadi 1” missiles and later other areas north of Haifa.
Hezbollah also said it launched another attack on Tiberias, 65 kilometers (40 miles) away on the coast of the Sea of Galilee.
A statement from the Israeli army said that five rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Haifa, a major Mediterranean port, and interceptors fired at them.
Ten people were reported injured in the Haifa region and two more in central Israel.
Israel also intercepted two drones launched from the east on Monday, when sirens went off in the central areas of Rishon Lezion and Palmachim, the Israeli army said.
South Lebanon
The Israeli military said the air force was carrying out heavy bombing of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, and two Israeli soldiers were killed in border fighting, bringing the total number of soldiers killed inside Lebanon to 11. .
The IDF said it also carried out targeted strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where thick clouds of smoke could be seen.
Lebanon’s health ministry said 10 firefighters were killed in an Israeli air strike on a municipal building in the border town of Bint Jbeil, and 22 people were killed in other airstrikes in parts of southern and eastern towns on Sunday.
Tel Aviv
Hamas, which launched the Gaza war with a surprise attack on Israel a year ago today, hit Israel’s commercial capital Tel Aviv with a salvo of missiles on the October 7 anniversary. Said while putting on the siren.
Many Israelis have regained confidence in their long-established military and intelligence apparatus in Lebanon in recent weeks after dealing several deadly blows to the command structure of Hezbollah, Iran’s strongest proxy force in the Middle East. .
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his country’s airstrikes at a special cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on the anniversary of the Gaza war.
“We are changing the reality of security in our region for the sake of our children, for our future, to make sure that what happened on October 7 does not happen again,” Netanyahu said.
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