By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah targets major Israeli base

October 11, 2024 - 18:57
Global alarm over Israel’s attacks on UNIFIL

TEHRAN- Amid the Israeli army’s ongoing massacres against civilians in Lebanon and Gaza, Hezbollah has targeted another vital Israeli army base.

After publishing footage of sensitive sites in Haifa from a reconnaissance drone on Wednesday, the Lebanese resistance says it targeted an Israeli air defense base in the city. 

“We launched an air attack with a squadron of explosive-laden drones on Friday on the Air Defense Command base in Kiryat Elazar in Haifa.” A Hezbollah statement read. 

The Lebanese resistance movement also targeted gatherings “of Israeli enemy soldiers in the Zevulun area, north of the city of Haifa, with a barrage of rockets.”

Other operations by Hezbollah on Friday that the movement announced included:

“Targeting gatherings of Israeli enemy soldiers in the settlement of Kfar Sold with a large barrage of rockets.”

“Targeting technical equipment placed on a crane at the Al-Abad site with a guided missile and hit it directly.”

“Targeting gatherings of Israeli enemy soldiers in the Yiftah barracks and its surroundings with a large barrage of rockets.”

“Targeting gatherings of Israeli enemy soldiers in Ras Al-Naqoura with a rocket barrage.”

According to Israeli media, fires have broken out in the settlements of Shamir, Kafr Sold, and Amir in the north as a result of rocket fire from Lebanon. 

Israeli Army Radio reported that two people were killed when an anti-tank missile was fired from Lebanon towards Yaron in western Galilee.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah has dismissed a Reuters report on what the news agency called the new leadership of Hezbollah’s ground warfare, as well as details related to the nature of this war, its plans, and its weapons.

In a statement, Hezbollah’s Media Department said: “This report is nothing but the pure imagination of Reuters’ writers, journalists, and security advisors. Certainly, what was attributed to a field commander in Hezbollah is completely false and baseless.”

Elsewhere, Israeli military attacks on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have been met with strong global outrage. 

On Friday, a UNIFIL outpost came under attack by an Israeli military bulldozer. The incident marked the third time that the UN peacekeeping force has been subject to Israeli attacks this week.

Israeli tank fire struck UNIFIL’s headquarters at least twice in Naqoura on Thursday, injuring two blue helmets and damaging a watchtower.

The UN peacekeeping force, which is made up of members from 50 different countries, also came under Israeli attack on Wednesday. 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, “We made it clear to Israel that this incident cannot be tolerated. Shooting at UNIFIL site is a violation of international law and international peacekeeping forces must be protected”. 

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called for a boycott of arms supplies to Tel Aviv.

“I criticize and condemn the attacks carried out by Israeli forces on the UN mission in Lebanon. I call on the international community to stop selling arms to Israel,” Sanchez underlined. 

Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto also told a news conference: “This was not a mistake and not an accident. It could constitute a war crime and represented a very serious violation of international humanitarian law.”

Italy and France have both summoned the Israeli ambassador to their respective countries. 

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning stated that Beijing “expresses grave concern and strong condemnation over the Israeli Defense Forces’ attack on UNIFIL positions and observation posts, which resulted in injuries to UNIFIL personnel.”

Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement: “Moscow is outraged by the actions of the Israeli military.”

As a growing number of countries express alarm, experts have highlighted the Israeli army’s incapability to target Hezbollah without opening fire indiscriminately.