Hezbollah launches a squadron of drones on an Israeli headquarters in the Galilee
Hezbollah said Monday it had fired a squadron of drones at the headquarters of the Israeli army’s Galilee Division, in an escalation of cross-border violence between the two rivals.
It’s the first time Hezbollah has announced the launch of a squadron of drones, although it had previously launched drones into Israel during hostilities that began in October.
Hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel continue in conjunction with the Israeli army’s war on the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, raising fears of a larger conflict across the Israeli-Lebanese border.
Hezbollah said it had fired dozens of Katyusha rockets at Israeli targets in the occupied Golan Heights.
Sirens sounded several times in northern Israel, prompting residents to flee for refuge.
The Israeli military said it intercepted a drone from Lebanon carrying explosives, along with at least two other drones crashing in northern Israel.
Rocket and drone fire since Sunday have sparked huge wildfires in northern Israel.
The Israeli army also said it had carried out strikes against compounds belonging to Hezbollah and one of its operatives.
Hezbollah said it launched the drone squadron in response to what it described as an assassination by Israel in the Zarariya area, about 25 kilometers from the border, where security sources in Lebanon said a Hezbollah member was killed in an Israeli drone attack.
The Israeli military and local media said a Hezbollah drone crashed on Sunday in the Israeli port city of Nahariya, causing a fire but no injuries.
Lebanon’s southern border has seen an escalation in hostilities in recent days, with the Israeli army and Hezbollah carrying out strikes on positions outside the border where exchanges of fire are taking place and with greater intensity.
