Israel has launched several air attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs after the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired volleys of rockets at northern Israel with one drone targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s holiday home. Hezbollah did not claim responsibility for the Caesarea drone attack but said it carried out several rocket attacks on northern and central Israel. Sirens were activated across northern Israel, including in the cities of Galilee and Haifa, she said. Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel and is seen as a strategic port city that is home to 300,000 people and the country’s naval headquarters. At least 2,448 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since October 2023, according to Lebanese health authorities.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 19, 2024 22:01 UTC