Lebanese attack drone target Western Galilee
At least five people were hurt, one critically on Tuesday when Western Galilee came under heavy fire from Hezbollah rockets and attack drones.
Hezbollah said it aimed its fire at a military base near Acre after an Israeli strike on the South Lebanon town of Mayfadoun near Nabatieh, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Lebanon's border with Israel, reportedly killing at least five men. According to a report in the Saudi Al-Hadath channel, a senior member of the Iran-backed group was among the dead.
The IDF said its aircraft struck a military structure used by Hezbollah forces who launched attacks on Israel.
Sirens were heard in and around the coastal city of Acre warning of an infiltration of attack drones while Nahariya to the north, was targeted by drones and missiles.
The attack came as Israel was on high alert in expectation of an attack from Iran as well as from its Lebanese proxy after the killing of the Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week, which was attributed to Israel and the assassination in Beirut of a senior Hezbollah commander, which Israel had claimed responsibility for.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Rashid Bou Habib who was visiting Egypt said the Beirut government was working to avoid an all-out war. "We hope there would not be a strong Hezbollah response that would lead to a broad war," he said in a news conference held with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty.
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with Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty in Cairo on Tuesday
(Photo: Mohamed Hossam / EPA )
"We are working with the Americans to limit escalation and to end the war in Gaza," Abdelatty said.