The Lebanese movement Hezbollah announced this Tuesday (22) that it attacked, with rockets, two positions “on the outskirts of Tel Aviv”, one of them corresponding to an Israeli intelligence center and a naval base near the city of Haifa.
The “rocket salvo” was launched against “the Glilot base of Military Intelligence Unit 8200,” said Hezbollah, which on Monday claimed an attack against the same target.
The Islamist movement also stated that it fired rockets at “the Stella Maris naval base, northwest of Haifa”.
Hezbollah also claimed to have launched rockets against another position in the town of Nirit, “near Tel Aviv”.
The Israeli Army said in a statement that, after the sirens were activated in the center of Israel“five projectiles were identified coming from the Lebanon. Most were intercepted.”
The note adds that, after the sirens were activated in the Upper Galilee and Golan Heights area, almost 15 projectiles were identified coming from Lebanon. Some were intercepted and the rest fell into open areas.
At first, no casualties were reported.
Israeli attacks on Beirut. Photo: Fadel Itani/AFP
The Army announced on Monday that it had struck almost 300 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in 24 hours, after expanding the offensive against the pro-Iran movement with an attack on your financial system.
A source within Lebanon’s security forces told AFP that the country’s national airline had to change runways on Monday night after Israeli bombing raids near Beirut’s international airport hit the main runway.
At least 1,489 people have died in Lebanon since September 23, when Israel intensified attacks in the country, according to a tally by AFP based on official figures.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported the deaths of six people, including a child, in the city of Baalbek (east), and four rescuers linked to Hamas, or the Amal movement, in the last 24 hours in southern Lebanon.
