First responders and Israeli safety forces collect amid particles and charred automobiles in Kiryat Bialik within the Haifa district of Israel, following a reported strike by Lebanon’s Hezbollah on September 22, 2024. Agence France-Presse
BEIRUT — Hezbollah stated its militants focused army manufacturing services and an air base in northern Israel on Sunday after Israeli strikes on south Lebanon that the army stated focused rocket launchers.
The Iran-backed Lebanese group stated in an announcement that the rocket fireplace on the space of the northern Israeli metropolis of Haifa was a part of its response to assaults this week blamed on Israel.
“In an preliminary response” to the explosions of pagers and two-way radios on Tuesday and Wednesday, Hezbollah “bombed the Rafael army trade complexes” in northern Israel with “dozens” of Katyusha, Fadi-1 and Fadi-2 rockets, the group stated.
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Hezbollah additionally stated it focused the “Ramat David base and airport”, round 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the border, twice in a single day with “dozens” of Fadi-1 and Fadi-2 rockets “in response to the repeated Israeli assaults that focused completely different Lebanese areas and killed many civilians”.
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The Ramat David website is among the many deepest inside Israeli territory that the group has stated it has focused in almost a yr of cross-border exchanges.
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The air base and the Rafael website each appeared in drone footage Hezbollah launched in latest months, in movies seen as a possible financial institution of targets for the group in case of widening battle.
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Hezbollah started cross-border assaults in assist of ally Hamas, whose October 7 assault on Israel began the Gaza warfare, however has typically stated it has focused positions close to the border.
The Israeli military stated greater than 100 projectiles had been fired from Lebanon early Sunday morning, including fireplace companies had been working to place out blazes sparked by falling munitions.
On Saturday, the Israeli military stated it was “attacking broadly in southern Lebanon following the identification of Hezbollah’s preparations to fireside into Israeli territory”.
It had additionally stated its plane “struck hundreds of launcher barrels that had been prepared for instant use to fireside towards Israeli territory”.