BEIRUT, Lebanon: Hezbollah said it launched a drone attack targeting Israel’s military headquarters and ministry of defence in the city of Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
In a statement, Hezbollah said it conducted an “aerial attack with a squadron of exploding drones” on the site housing Israel’s main defence institutions in the commercial hub.
The Israeli military said in two statements that it intercepted two drones and 40 projectiles launched from Lebanon, and that the attack had caused no injuries.
The statements did not specify what sites had been targeted.
Earlier, Lebanese state media reported a third wave of Israeli raids on Hezbollah’s south Beirut bastion in 24 hours, after the health ministry said another strike south of the capital killed six people.
“Enemy aircraft targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs”, the official National News Agency said, reporting six strikes.
The strikes took place about an hour after Israel’s army issued evacuation warnings to residents.
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People hastily drove away from the area following the evacuation calls and gunshots in the air to warn civilians to flee, an AFP photographer said.
Earlier Wednesday, an Israeli strike on Aramoun south of Beirut killed six people, Lebanon’s health ministry said giving a preliminary toll for the attack on the densely-packed area which is located outside Hezbollah’s traditional strongholds.
“Body parts were recovered from the site and their identities are being verified,” the health ministry added, after the NNA said the strike targeted a residential apartment at dawn. – AFP
