On Friday, Hezbollah fired 140 rockets into northern Israel in three separate attacks throughout the afternoon, targeting multiple locations along the Israel-Lebanon border.
This significant escalation comes after leader, Hassan Nasrallah, promised retaliation for Israel’s extensive bombing campaign.
According to Hezbollah, the targets included air defense bases and for the first time, the headquarters of an Israeli armored brigade.
The militant group stated that the rocket attacks were a direct response to recent Israeli bombings of villages and residences in southern Lebanon.
Following Israel’s assassination of top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr this summer, high-ranking military officers were reportedly advised to adopt a lower profile due to fears of retaliation.
According to a report by Kan public broadcaster on Wednesday, senior IDF officers, especially those on the northern front, were instructed to reduce their cellphone usage and alter their daily routines to evade potential assassination attempts.
This directive emerged amidst escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah after incidents involving explosive devices in Lebanon, which were attributed to Israel.
Additionally, the Shin Bet disclosed that it had thwarted a Hezbollah plot to kill a former senior Israeli security figure with a remote-controlled explosive.
Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, urged the United Nations on Thursday to take a firm stance against Israel’s “technological war” on Lebanon, ahead of a Security Council meeting discussing the recent explosions of devices used by Hezbollah. Mikati called on the UN to stop what he described as Israeli aggression.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that a senior leader of the Iraqi Hezbollah was killed in a suspected Israeli drone strike, while another member of the faction was injured.
The incident occurred early Friday when a drone targeted a vehicle carrying the Iraqi Hezbollah leader and his companion along the road to Damascus International Airport.
Eyewitnesses conveyed to the Observatory that the vehicle was found burned on the road.
