Hezbollah claims attack on occupied Golan Heights
On Telegram, the Lebanese group says it launched a rocket salvo at the Israeli city of Katzrin in the Golan Heights, part of Syrian territory that Israel has occupied since 1967.
The group made no mention of a target in Katzrin belonging to the Israeli military.
The military has yet to comment on this attack.
Hezbollah attacks Israeli military base
On Telegram, Hezbollah says it fired 50 missiles at the Dado base of the Israeli military, near the city of Safed.
It said that this base is the operational headquarters of the Israeli army’s Northern Comand. The army has yet to comment on this attack, but an hour ago, it said it was launching an “extensive” wave of strikes against Lebanese territory.
Fires erupt in Safad due to rocket fire from Lebanon: Israel
The Israeli Fire and Rescue Authority has published footage on X it said shows fires raging in several areas in forests near Safad in the northern part of the country. Israeli news outlets also published footage of similar fires erupting in Safad.
צפת-מספר מוקדי שריפה ביערות סמוך לצפת כתוצאה מהירי למרחב. pic.twitter.com/ORzjfXQcsR
— כבאות והצלה לישראל (@102_IL) September 24, 2024
Translation: A number of fires in the forests near Safad as a result of firing into the area.
Hezbollah target Israeli naval base near Haifa
The group says in a statement that it unleashed a squadron of attack drones on the headquarters of the Israeli army’s Special Naval Task Force at the Alit Base.
The base is south of the major northern city of Haifa, the area of which was first targeted by Hezbollah over the weekend in response to an Israeli attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut that killed over 40 people.
Hezbollah said that this attack on the Alit base targeted “the locations of [Israeli] officers and soldiers” and achieved direct hits.
Several killed across southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh as Israeli attacks continue
At least 13 people have been killed in the last few hours as Israeli warplanes continue to pound areas in southern Lebanon, the National News Agency reports.
Here is the breakdown of attacks, according to NNA:
- Five people, including a Syrian refugee, have been killed in attacks on residential homes in the village of Doueir.
- Two people have been killed in an attack on Charqiyeh, a town slightly north of Doueir.
- Six people have been killed in attacks on the village of Nabatieh Fawqa – also known as Upper Nabatieh.
Israel says seeking short operation against Hezbollah, but could take time
Military spokesperson Daniel Hagari says Israel is striving for the campaign against Hezbollah to be as short as possible but is prepared for it to take time.
He told reporters Hezbollah fired approximately 300 rockets at Israel today, as Israeli warplanes pounded Lebanon’s southern towns and villages, rising a two-day death toll to 569 – according to Lebanese health officials.
