First Hamas, then Iran and now Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorists terrorized Israel. Hezbollah terrorists rained fireballs from the sky on Haifa, Israel's third largest city. More than 300 missiles were fired at many Israeli cities including Haifa. Five rockets were fired from Lebanon at busy areas of Haifa city, which Israel's air defense system failed to intercept. One of these rockets fell in the busiest area of ​​the city. Half a dozen people were seriously injured in these attacks. This is not the first time, before this on October 7 last year, Hamas had fired more than 5000 rockets in 20 minutes. Then a few days ago, on October 1, Iran bombed 180 Israeli targets. Israel has failed not once but thrice to protect its loved ones from missile attacks.
The Hezbollah militant group claimed responsibility for the rockets fired on Haifa and other cities on October 7, claiming they had targeted an unidentified military base south of the city with Fadi-1 missiles. Footage taken in Haifa also showed extensive damage caused by rockets at a traffic circle. Other videos showed smoke rising above buildings during the bombing.
What did Israel say on Hezbollah missile attack?
Hezbollah fired more than 300 rockets at Israeli cities. Apart from this, many projectiles were also fired. Israel Defense Forces said an explosive drone fell in Atlit, a coastal town south of Haifa in northern Israel. Israel has acknowledged the failure of its air defense system to blame the five rockets that fell on Haifa. He said two additional drones were fired toward the area, but were intercepted. According to Israeli rescue services, the drone caused no injuries. The military said most of the rockets were shot down by Israeli air defense systems.
Hezbollah said – the attack was accurate
Meanwhile, Hezbollah confirmed the attack in a statement, saying that its fighters “launched an air campaign with a squadron of drones against the headquarters of Israel's special naval task unit Shayyat 13 in the Atlit base, hitting the positions of its officers and soldiers.” Aiming was done and targets were attacked accurately.
In other cases, parts of rockets or interceptor missiles that fell to the ground started fires in the Mount Meron area of ​​the Upper Galilee. A residential house in Rosh Pina, a town in the Upper Galilee, was targeted and heavily damaged. Hospitals in the affected areas reported treating about 23 people, but Israel's Magen David Adom emergency health service later said that those treated were not suffering from physical injuries, but from concussions.
Attacks on Israel will continue
Hezbollah's acting leader Sheikh Naim Qassim has threatened that more Israeli civilians will be displaced because his group is firing rockets targeting Israeli hinterland. Qassim said in a televised statement on Tuesday that his group's military capabilities were still intact and that it had replaced its senior commanders with new commanders following weeks of Israeli air strikes on large parts of Lebanon. Most of the members of Lebanon's top command were killed in these Israeli attacks.
He also said that Israeli forces have not been able to advance after launching a ground campaign in Lebanon last week. The Israeli army said a fourth division was now taking part in the ground operation, which has spread to the west. However, the operation still seems to be limited to a narrow strip along the border.
