Sirens are activated throughout northern Israel as a “giant barrage of rockets” are fired in the direction of a number of areas, together with Haifa.
A drone hit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vacation residence within the north of the nation, Al Jazeera confirmed, setting off air raid sirens throughout Israel, together with the principle metropolis of Tel Aviv.
Netanyahu’s spokesman stated considered one of three drones launched from Lebanon hit Netanyahu’s residence within the metropolis of Caesarea on Saturday, including that he was not close by and there have been no casualties.
The opposite two drones had been intercepted, the Israeli army stated, including {that a} whole of greater than 100 rockets had been fired throughout northern Israel from Lebanon, wounding a minimum of 13 individuals.
Iran-aligned Hezbollah has been exchanging hearth with Israel since October final 12 months.
Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Amman, Jordan as a result of Al Jazeera has been banned in Israel, stated Israeli authorities are treating the assault on Netanyahu’s residence as an “assassination try.”
“In fact, there isn’t a approach to confirm it or say with certainty that it was an assassination try, however that’s how severe the angle of the Israeli safety institution is in the direction of this incident,” he stated.
“The truth that a drone was capable of cross unnoticed 70 kilometers from the Lebanese border, with out sirens sounding, and attain its meant goal, has brought on a lot concern in Israel and the Israeli safety system.”
He stated “a big barrage of rockets” from Lebanon was used as a decoy to launch the drone assault on Netanyahu’s residence. Sirens had been activated all through northern Israel, together with the cities of Galilee and Haifa, he stated.
Haifa is the biggest metropolis in northern Israel and is seen as a strategic port metropolis that’s residence to 300,000 individuals and the nation’s naval headquarters.
“The sirens sounded simply after we acquired affirmation {that a} drone strike truly managed to focus on and hit the Israeli prime minister’s residence in Caesarea,” Odeh stated.
