Israeli PM Netanyahu's residence attacked with drones from Lebanon
PTC News Desk: A drone was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Caesarea. The attack was launched hours after Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar was killed. However, Netanyahu's spokesperson said he was not in the vicinity and there were no casualties in the attack on his residence.
Earlier the Israeli military had confirmed that the drone was launched from Lebanon and it hit a building following which two more drones were intercepted that crossed into Israeli territory. Hezbollah did not immediately claim responsibility for the attack.
Currently Israel is at war on multiple fronts with Hamas ally hezbollah being one of them and it was only last month that Israel had sent troops across Lebanese borders.
Meanwhile, Lebanese authorities said two people were killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday in Jounieh, north of Beirut, in the first strike on the area since Hezbollah and Israel started trading fire last year. The health ministry said an "Israeli enemy raid" hit a car in Jounieh, with Lebanese state media saying the attack occurred on a key highway linking the capital to the country's north.
The tripartite conflict in Middle East is likely to see further intensification after Sinwar was killed in an Israeli operation in southern Gaza. Sinwar, the mastermind of the October 7 attacks which killed over 1,200 Israelis and brought more than 250 hostages into Gaza, took over as head of Hamas after the killing of its leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital Tehran.
- With inputs from agencies
