Israel Retaliates After Hezbollah Strikes Lower Galilee - Deepest Strike Amid The War

Israel said to strike in Lebanon’s Baalbek, hours after Hezbollah drone attack

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Lebanese media reports Israeli strikes in Baalbek, hours after Hezbollah drone attack

Lebanese media report Israeli airstrikes in northeastern Lebanon’s Baalbek, a Hezbollah stronghold some 100 kilometers from the border.

The reports describe the Israeli strike as the largest in the Baalbek region amid the war. They also say multiple targets were hit in the Nabi Chit and Brital areas.

The strikes come after the terror group launched an explosive-laden drone, striking an area deep in northern Israel, marking the furthest attack carried out amid the war.

Hezbollah drone hits Lower Galilee in terror group’s deepest strike of war

An explosive-laden drone launched by the Hezbollah terror group from Lebanon struck an area in the Lower Galilee on Wednesday evening, according to the military.

Hezbollah in a statement claimed to have targeted a military base near the Golani Junction, west of Tiberias, some 35 kilometers (21 miles) from the Lebanon border, with several explosive-laden drones.

It would mark Hezbollah’s deepest strike in Israel amid the war.

Hezbollah has launched thousands of drones, missiles, and rockets at northern Israel in the past seven months, though the attacks have largely been limited to the border area. Until Wednesday, the terror group had fired projectiles at Israeli targets up to around 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the frontier.

The IDF said there were no injuries in the attack Wednesday evening. It did not immediately provide details on potential damage.

In its statement, the terror group claimed to have hit an Israeli Air Force base from which a giant missile-detecting blimp, known as Sky Dew, is operated.

Hezbollah said the drone attack was a response to recent Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon that killed members of the terror group. On Tuesday night, a top field commander, Hussein Ibrahim Makki, was killed in an IDF drone strike.

Hours after Wednesday’s drone attack, Lebanese media reported Israeli airstrikes in northeastern Lebanon’s Baalbek, a Hezbollah stronghold some 100 kilometers from the border.

The reports described the Israeli strike as the largest in the Baalbek region amid the war. They also said multiple targets were hit in the Nabi Chit and Brital areas.