On Sunday, a Hezbollah drone strike targeted an Israeli military base near Haifa, wounding over 65 people. The attack occurred at a training facility in Binyamina, south of Haifa, and marks one of the largest strikes against the Israeli military since fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensified last year.
Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia group, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it launched a “squadron of attack drones” in response to recent Israeli airstrikes in Beirut that killed 22 people. The group stated that the strike hit a base used by the elite Golani Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Israeli media confirmed that three drones entered Israeli airspace, with one hitting the base. There was no prior warning from air defense systems, and no sirens were activated before the strike. The IDF is investigating why its interception systems failed to stop the drone.
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At least 25 Israeli soldiers are dead and wounded, including 5 in critical condition, after a drone fired from Lebanon by Hezbollah struck the dining hall of the “Golani Brigade” base in “Binyamina,” south of Haifa, without the… pic.twitter.com/Bp0UwxbZ1m
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) October 13, 2024
Pictures from the site of the drone explosion at an Israeli military base in Haifa. pic.twitter.com/EwRlVbRF05
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