Beirut: Hezbollah has intensified its conflict with Israel by launching a series of drone and rocket attacks into northern Israel, signaling the start of its long-anticipated retaliation for the recent killing of a top commander. The Lebanese group targeted two military sites near Acre and an Israeli military vehicle with a swarm of drones.
The Israeli military intercepted one of the drones and reported injuries to several civilians south of Nahariya. Footage from Reuters TV captured the damage near a bus stop outside the city. Despite initial sirens around Acre, which turned out to be a false alarm, the Israeli air force retaliated by striking two Hezbollah facilities in southern Lebanon.
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Rising fears of a broader Middle Eastern conflict have emerged as Hezbollah vows revenge for the death of its commander, Fuad Shukr, and Iran pledges to respond to the recent assassination of the Hamas leader in Tehran. Earlier in the day, a strike in Mayfadoun, a Lebanese town near the border, killed four people, reportedly Hezbollah fighters, although official notices have not yet been issued.
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Hezbollah and the Israeli military have been trading fire for months, with recent tensions exacerbated by the ongoing Gaza conflict. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has promised a calculated response to Shukr’s killing, with a speech scheduled for the one-week memorial for the commander.
