Hizbollah says targeted Israeli naval base near Haifa

By AFP - Oct 14,2024 - Last updated at Oct 14,2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hizbollah said it targeted an Israeli naval base near north Israel's Haifa on Monday, a day after claiming a drone attack near the city that the Israeli military said killed four soldiers.  

Hizbollah fighters launched "a rocket salvo" at the "Stella Maris" naval base near Haifa, the Lebanese group said in a statement, adding the attack was at the "service" of Hassan Nasrallah, the group's longtime leader who was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs last month.

The Israeli military said four soldiers were killed by a Hizbollah drone strike Sunday on a military base south of Haifa, amid an escalating conflict with the Iran-backed group in Lebanon.

  Earlier Sunday, which is at war with Israel, said it had launched "a squadron of attack drones" at a military training camp in Binyamina, south of Haifa, in response to Israeli air strikes on the country.

  The incident comes two days after air raid sirens sounded in central Israel after two aerial drones entered the country from Lebanon. At least one building north of Tel Aviv was damaged during the incident.

  Hizbollah has been regularly firing rockets and drones into Israel for more than a year, but has reached further since the fighting escalated in late September.  Israel's air defences, including the Iron Dome system, have intercepted most of the projectiles, with few casualties caused by strikes or falling debris.

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