Israel said Saturday that a drone was fired at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence and struck an Iranian-backed group Hezbollah’s weapons facility in Beirut and a “Hamas terror target” in Gaza.
Key points regarding the Israel-Hezbollah-Hamas conflict are:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said a drone was fired at his residence in downtown Caesarea, about 20 kilometers south of Haifa, a regular target of Hezbollah. The Israeli prime minister and his wife were not at home at the time. “It was a grave mistake that Iran’s proxy Hezbollah attempted to assassinate me and my wife today,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. Hours after the drone strike, Israel announced it had struck a Hezbollah weapons facility south of Beirut. Lebanese militants fire rockets into northern Israel. The Israeli military said the attack targeted “a number of Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and a Hezbollah intelligence headquarters command center.” Since the war in Gaza broke out, Israel and Hezbollah have been fighting across the Lebanese border. At least 73 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike late Saturday in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahya, after Hamas attacked the Israeli town on October 7 last year. Gaza’s Civil Defense Agency announced on Saturday that more than 400 people had been killed in a major Israeli military operation. The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Wednesday further escalated tensions in the Middle East. On Saturday, Israeli military planes distributed leaflets in southern Gaza with a photo of Mr. Sinwar and the message: “Hamas will no longer rule.” Gaza.”
