Hezbollah claims rocket attacks on military sites, settlements in Israel

ISTANBUL

The Lebanese group Hezbollah claimed rocket attacks on several military sites and settlements in northern and central Israel on Wednesday.

Hezbollah said its fighters fired a volley of rockets at the Tzrifin base near Ben Gurion Airport south of Tel Aviv, saying the base “houses military training colleges.”

It said rockets also targeted the Rawayah base in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, emphasizing that the base is home to the Israeli army’s 188th Armored Brigade. The group also claimed similar attacks on the Yoav barracks and the Keila military camp.

Hezbollah fighters also carried out a rocket attack on the Zofolon military industries near Haifa in northern Israel.

The Lebanese group said it conducted a drone strike on the headquarters of the Nahal Brigade in the Galilee Division 91, hitting its target accurately.

Hezbollah said it fired a guided missile at a house in the Metula settlement, where Israeli soldiers were holed up. It also targeted a Merkava tank in the same settlement, setting it on fire and killing or injuring its crew.

It also claimed to have launched multiple rocket salvos at the city of Safed in northern Israel and nine settlements: Biriyya, Katzrin, Meron, Bar Yohai, Rosh Pinna, Goren, Kiryat Shmona, Sasa, and Kfar Szold.

Tension has escalated amid an Israeli air campaign in Lebanon since late September against what it claims are Hezbollah targets in an escalation from year-long cross-border warfare between Israel and the Lebanese group since the start of Israel’s brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip.

More than 3,000 people have been killed and over 13,500 injured in Israeli attacks since October 2023, according to Lebanese health authorities.

Israel expanded the conflict by launching a ground assault into southern Lebanon on Oct. 1 this year.