Hezbollah fires 200 rockets at north, Iran launches missiles in ‘integrated operation’

Lebanese terror group Hezbollah blasted some 200 rockets and 20 drones at northern Israel for hours on Wednesday evening, repeatedly sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis to shelters.

Two people were lightly injured in northern Israel. A house was destroyed by a direct missile hit in Moshav Haniel, in central Israel. An elderly woman and her Filipino caregiver were in the safe room of the home, and emerged unscathed

The onslaught marked the largest Hezbollah attack on Israel since hostilities intensified last week, as the terror group began attacks to support its sponsor, Iran, which is under intense attack from a joint US-Israel air campaign that began on February 28. Israeli strikes, meanwhile, continued in Beirut and beyond, with Lebanese sources reporting casualties in multiple areas.

An opening salvo of 100 rockets was launched from Lebanon around 8 p.m. just as a missile from Iran targeted the central region of the country, in what Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said was a coordinated attack. More Iranian missiles targeted the north and south of the country.

The Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted by air defenses, which also worked to thwart the Hezbollah attacks. However, several impacts were reported, causing fires, and two people were lightly injured.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service said the two, a 35-year-old woman and a man in his 50s, were hit by “flying objects” following impacts. They were taken to a hospital.

According to rescue services, a rocket that struck a home in the northern town of Bi’ina injured one of the two victims. Four others were treated for acute anxiety at the scene.

As the Israel Defense Forces instructed residents of the north to stay close to shelters, Hezbollah continued firing rockets and drones, with sirens set off across the Galilee and in Haifa as well as in communities up to 50 kilometers from the border with Lebanon.

In all, the terror group fired some 200 rockets at the north over the course of several hours, according to IDF assessments. Not all of the rockets crossed the border into Israel.

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The attacks continued into early Thursday, with suspected drone infiltration and rocket alerts sounding in Nahariya and a number of Western Galilee communities, as well as Acre and some of Haifa’s northern suburbs. Hezbollah also fired long-range rockets, setting off sirens in Tel Aviv and surrounding towns, amid which the IDF announced the detection of Iranian ballistic missiles, which triggered alerts in central Israel, the Jerusalem area, north, and parts of the south.

Some of the projectiles were intercepted, according to initial military assessments. Fragments following the interceptions also reportedly fell in several areas.

Emergency forces reported damage was caused by an impact in central Israel, with a home in Moshav Haniel directly struck and largely destroyed, and other buildings sustained damage. An elderly woman and her Filipino caregiver were in the safe room of the home and were unharmed.

A number of long-range rockets fired by Hezbollah also struck open areas. Because the rockets were heading for open areas, no sirens were activated by the military. Sounds of explosions were reported by residents of central Israel amid the attack.

Hezbollah said in a statement that the attack on central Israel “targeted the Glilot base (the headquarters of the 8200 Military Intelligence unit)… in the Tel Aviv suburbs with a barrage of advance missiles.”

In earlier statements, the terror group said it targeted “the settlements that had been warned to evacuate within a 5-kilometer area,” along with other Israeli cities and military bases in northern Israel.

The IDF, meanwhile, launched heavy airstrikes on Hezbollah’s strongholds in southern Beirut, while an Israeli official said the military could begin hitting civilian infrastructure if the Lebanese government fails to rein in Iran-backed Hezbollah.

The IDF earlier warned that Hezbollah would likely attempt to increase its rate of rocket and drone attacks on Israel.

CNN had reported that Israel was preparing for a potential “significant expansion” of attacks from Iran and Hezbollah on Wednesday. Echoing the earlier reports, Channel 12 news cited an update sent to cabinet ministers saying that officials expected heavy missile and rocket fire from Hezbollah and Iran later in the day.

Hezbollah’s opening barrage of rockets was launched from several areas in Lebanon. The terror group, in a statement, said that “in response to the criminal aggression against dozens of Lebanese cities and towns and Beirut’s southern suburbs,” its fighters targeted sites in northern Israel “with dozens of rockets” as part of a new operation.

Iran’s powerful IRGC military force, which controls the country’s missile weaponry, described the attack on Israel as a “joint and integrated operation” with Hezbollah.

In a statement carried by the Tasnim news agency, the IRGC said that it launched several ballistic missiles, while Hezbollah launched drones and rockets at over 50 targets in Israel.

Previously, the IDF had said it had no intelligence indicating that concurrent fire from Iran and by Hezbollah in Lebanon was a “coordinated” effort.

The Israeli Air Force responded to the attack by carrying out an “extensive” wave of strikes on Hezbollah rocket launchers and other infrastructure in Lebanon, the military said.

The strikes were intended to thwart additional fire toward Israel. According to the IDF, the air force destroyed 10 Hezbollah command posts in Beirut’s southern suburbs and dozens of rocket launchers across Lebanon during a 30-minute span.

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The military said the strikes took out launchers and Hezbollah operatives planning to fire rockets at Israel, as well as the command posts in Dayiheh, which, among others were used by Hezbollah’s intelligence unit and elite Radwan Force.

Ahead of strikes on Beirut, and for the third time on Wednesday, the IDF called on Lebanese civilians to evacuate the capital’s south.

“Do not return to the southern suburb until further notice,” said army spokesman Col. Avichay Adaree.

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AFP correspondents reported hearing the sound of blasts across the city, while footage showed large explosions and smoke covering the area, and the state-run National News Agency reported at least “six heavy strikes” on the southern suburbs.

Early Thursday, Israeli strikes on a town in the hills overlooking Beirut killed three people and wounded a child, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

Aramoun, a town about 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Beirut where dozens of displaced families have found shelter, has been targeted twice since the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel renewed.

The health ministry also said the death toll from an earlier Israeli strike on central Beirut had risen to eight people, with 31 wounded.

Additionally, an Israeli strike hit a car in the coastal area of Ramlet al-Bayda on the eastern side of the city, according to local media.

The seaside area is popular with tourists and is where dozens of displaced people have been sheltering. The strike, which came without warning, occurred in an area with no notable Hezbollah presence that is far from Beirut’s southern suburbs.

The Lebanese health ministry reported seven people were killed and 21 wounded, without identifying them.

Israel’s military didn’t immediately comment on the strike.

Videos circulating from the strike site showed smoke rising from the seaside. The strike came near the site of a recent Israeli attack on a tourist hotel, where the Israeli military said it killed four members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that Israeli strikes also hit targets in several towns in southern Lebanon, including Taybeh and al-Sultaniyya as well as Qana, near the city of Tyre.

‘Heading toward a serious escalation’

Amid the continued Hezbollah attacks, a senior Israeli official told The Times of Israel that the terror organization’s strongholds will be destroyed unless Lebanon’s government acts.

“The Lebanese government needs to get a grip on their country,” said the official, “or Hezbollah parts of Beirut will soon look like Gaza.”

The comments came after a senior security official, who spoke anonymously to Hebrew media outlets, told Ynet: “We are on the eve of a fateful campaign in Lebanon which will determine the future of both countries.”

“There is a security discussion right now,” said the official. “The campaign in Lebanon is going to expand significantly.”

The official said that the expanded campaign would include the call-up of more reservists.

“Hezbollah, in its calculations, wants to turn our attention away from Iran, and thinks that if it draws us in, we will take our foot off the gas in the campaign against Iran,” said the official. Hezbollah, the official continued, “wants to create a new balance in which Israel’s enforcement policy in Lebanon ends, and we don’t attack at all. That won’t happen. Therefore, this is heading toward a serious escalation.”

“We have more capabilities and tools, and we can conduct campaigns in parallel against Iran and against Lebanon,” said the official.

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The official told Ynet that the Lebanese government was not affecting Hezbollah’s behavior in any way.

According to Channel 12, Israel sent a warning to Lebanon’s government through the US and Western countries that if Beirut does not get a grip on Hezbollah, Israel will attack Lebanese national infrastructure.

Referring to a ceasefire that ended a 2023-2024 war between Israel and Hezbollah, the senior security official recalled to the network that the Beirut government had committed to disarming Hezbollah and taking control of all military equipment in the country.

“That is not happening, and so Israel is no longer required to refrain from hitting infrastructure,” said the official. “If Lebanon doesn’t come to its senses and stop Hezbollah, we will attack civilian infrastructure, something Israel has refrained from doing so far. They have had endless opportunities to show their sovereignty, but regrettably, they are not participating even if they have good intentions.”

On October 8, 2023, Hezbollah began attacking Israel with missiles and drones, one day after the assault led by fellow Iranian-backed terror group Hamas on southern Israel triggered the war in Gaza.

Fighting escalated into open war by the following September, during which Hezbollah suffered major losses to its leadership and stockpiles. The war ended with the US-brokered ceasefire in November. However, Israel has repeatedly said the Beirut government is not doing enough to disarm Hezbollah, and has carried out numerous strikes it says are to prevent the group from rearming.