Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah falsely claims that the IDF did not preemptively strike any of the terror group’s rocket launching pads early this morning, and says that Israel only carried out an overnight raid.
Nasrallah insists that a significant number of the group’s drones reached its two main objectives: the Glilot base, north of Tel Aviv, and another unspecified base located 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Tel Aviv and 75 kilometers (46.6 miles) from the Lebanon border.
The Israel Defense Forces has said that the attack was “mostly” thwarted, and that no military bases were damaged in the attack. It has further said that no Hezbollah drones impacted central Israel.
The IDF said this morning that it had destroyed thousands of rocket launchers ready to attack the north and the Tel Aviv area after identifying overnight preparations for a major and immediate attack. Military officials later clarified that only several hundred of the launchers were believed to have been intended for the attack.
Nasrallah denies the claim and says that the terror group did not intend to deploy its ballistic missiles in this attack and that none of them was destroyed. He warns that the terror group may decide to use them in the future.
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