Israel says its defenses intercepted air targets launched by the Houthis from Yemen
الناشر رئيس التحرير: مشعل الخبجي
الناشر رئيس التحرير: مشعل الخبجي
The Israeli army said that air raid sirens sounded on Saturday in various areas in central Israel, including Tel Aviv, while journalists at Agence France-Presse reported hearing explosions over Jerusalem, after a missile was launched from Yemen and intercepted.
A witness reported to Reuters that he heard explosions after sirens sounded in central Israel.
An army statement explained, “A short while ago, sirens sounded in central Israel as a result of a missile being launched from Yemen towards Israeli territory,” and it was later announced that air defenses intercepted it.
Hezbollah launched a new missile attack on Israel after announcing the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
On Saturday, a new Israeli raid targeted the southern suburb of Beirut, as a security source told Agence France-Presse, after Israel announced the “elimination” of Nasrallah.
The official National News Agency, for its part, reported “wounded people” in the raid that “targeted a building on Old Sidon Road in Mar Mikhael” in the southern suburb.
Israel launched a series of violent raids in various parts of Lebanon, especially in the southern suburb of Beirut, where it targeted a Hezbollah “security square,” causing destruction that hindered rescue efforts.
The Israeli army said that it targeted Hezbollah's central headquarters in Haret Hreik, and announced the killing of the party's leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
The Israeli army also announced the killing of a number of Hezbollah cadres in southern Lebanon, including the commander of the missile unit in the south and his deputy.
The raids are the most violent since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, which lasted 33 days.
The bombing continued on the southern suburbs during the night, and the Israeli army announced, on Saturday morning, the targeting of Hezbollah positions in eastern Lebanon.
The Lebanese Minister of Health, Firas Al-Abyad, announced on Saturday that the toll of the Israeli raids, on Friday, on the southern suburb of the capital, Beirut, amounted to 11 dead and 108 wounded.
