A drone has reportedly made a direct impact on Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s place of residence in Caesarea, southern Haifa, Zionist media reported, noting that he and his wife “were not present at the location.”
Details available revealed that the drone was able to directly hit its target. Occupation forces admitted that air defenses were unable to intercept the drone as it pierced through occupied territories.
Occupation media reported a major failure in an interception operation, as an infiltrating drone flew right beside the military helicopter searching for it on the outskirts of occupied Haifa.
Three drones made their way from Lebanon to Haifa, with only two being detected and intercepted, according to the Zionist military. The third one, however, struck a building in Caesarea accurately, which was later confirmed to be Netanyahu’s residence. Eyewitnesses confirmed that the explosion was huge.
The drone flew about 70 kilometers from Lebanon and directly hit a building in Caesarea, with shrapnel reaching a neighboring building, according to Yedioth Ahronoth.
Sirens sounded in military bases in the Glilot settlement in northern Tel Aviv after the drone entered occupied airspace. However, for the first time ever, sirens went off in Tel Aviv without being activated on the internal front’s mobile application. Thus, settlers were not notified of any evacuation orders.
The occupation army also noted that the drone kept hovering overhead for an hour before striking the building, describing the event as “a tough morning.”
Zionist media awestruck
Zionist military commentators and media outlets began criticizing the air defense system that failed to intercept Hezbollah’s drones and prevent them from reaching their target.
Zionist media reported that the occupation army opened an investigation into the failure of the air defense system to intercept the drone that targeted Netanyahu’s residence, as well as the failure to activate the sirens.
Commenting on the incident, Itay Blumental, a military affairs correspondent for the Zionist Kan Channel, said that “Hezbollah is developing its method of launching several drones together to make it difficult for the defense systems to intercept them.”
The correspondent explained that “the drone was able to cross a distance of 70 km from Lebanon and hit a building in Caesarea” where Netanyahu sometimes stays, which “is worrying because this drone traveled a relatively long distance and hit the building directly.”
Zionist Army Radio quoted a military source as saying that the security services are “investigating the security gaps that allowed a drone to reach Netanyahu’s residence in Caesarea,” an incident seen as “a very flagrant security failure.”
The state of alert was raised “for all symbols of authority in ‘Israel’ after Netanyahu’s residence was targeted by a drone from Lebanon,” as confirmed by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
Meanwhile, Maariv lamented this being the third incident in about a week in which a drone coming from Lebanon was able to reach deep inside the occupying entity.
Commenting on the targeting of Netanyahu’s residence, Kan reported that Hezbollah is developing its method of launching several drones together to make it difficult for air defense systems to intercept them.
Hezbollah has taken its operations to a higher level, Kan added, calling what happened “a very dramatic incident.”
Zionist police consequently rushed to block roads in the area and have been preventing media news outlets from approaching the site of impact.
In central occupied Palestine, GPS systems were also disrupted.
Over a million settlers scurried to shelters over the past hour, as sirens blared in northern settlements, all the way to Hod HaSharon.
This attack comes as the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon – Hezbollah vowed to escalate its operations in response to the brutal assault on Lebanon and the genocide in Gaza.
Hezbollah has been relentlessly carrying out critical operations across the northern front, which range from confronting occupation soldiers trying to infiltrate the Lebanese South, destroying their Merkavas, and striking military bases across the occupied north and deep into occupied territories.
A recent statement released by Hezbollah’s Operations Room announced the transition to a new, escalatory phase in the confrontation with the enemy, the details of which will unfold in the coming days.
On Saturday, Resistance fighters executed a series of operations, including long-range rocket attacks, successful defense against Zionist armor in South Lebanon, and the shelling of occupation forces positioned near the Lebanese-Palestinian border.
Another Merkava tank destroyed
On Thursday afternoon, Hezbollah fighters destroyed the 22nd Merkava tank in only a few weeks, as the regime still attempts to take control of the border area.
At 1:00 pm, Hezbollah’s anti-armor units fired an anti-tank guided missile at a Merkava tank, positioned in the Zar’it settlement near the Lebanese-Palestinian border, destroying it and killing and injuring those inside it.
Hezbollah shells Zionist military assembly points, positions
As for Hezbollah’s indirect fire support, the group has been firing multiple salvos of rockets at occupation forces since 1:00 am Saturday.
Occupation forces in al-Malikiyah, al-Malikiyah military site, Shlomi, al-Bassa, al-Marj military site, and the border towns of Aita al-Shaab, Shebaa, and Kfar Kila were targeted with salvos of rockets at seperate occassions, as well as in Avivim and Zar’it, which were shelled on twice each on Saturday.
- At 1:00 am, Hezbollah fighters fired a salvo of rocket artillery shells at occupation troops in al-Malikiyah.
- Resistance fighters then launched a salvo of rockets at a grouping of troops in Avivim, at 2:45 am.
- Following a period of relative calm, Hezbollah fighters fired two large barrages of rockets at occupation forces in Shlomi and al-Bassa, at 10:50 am.
- At 11:10 am, Hezbollah fighters shelled a grouping of occupation soldiers in the al-Marj military site.
- 10 minutes past noon, occupation soldiers in the Zar’it settlement came under a rocket attack.
- Troops in the Malikiyah military site were also the target of a rocket attack at 1:05 pm.
- Five minutes later, Hezbollah fighters fired yet another salvo of rockets at the Avivim settlement.
- At 4:15 pm, Hezbollah fighters fired a salvo of rockets at invading troops in the vicinity of the Lebanese town of Aita al-Shaab.
- A gourping of troops was also targeted in Zar’it for the second time, at 4:50 pm.
- Just earlier, Hezbollah’s artillery units shelled occupation soldiers at Al-Fatima Gate, on the outskirts of the border town of Kfar Kila.
- The al-Marj military site came under another rocket attack, targeting occupation forces in the area.
- A rocket attack also targeted the Zionist Beit Hillel barracks.
- At 5:55 pm, Hezbollah rockets also barraged Zionist artillery emplacements in Dishon.
- A deeper rocket attack targeted Zionist occupation forces in the settlement of Abirim, on Saturday night, at 9:25 pm.
- Occupation forces near the Shebaa Gate were also the targets of salvos of rockets at 10:00 pm.
- At 11:00 pm, Hezbollah fighters fired a salvo of rockets at occupation forces in Manara.
Hezbollah fighters also fired a salvo of rockets at the Kiryat Shmona city settlement, located near the Palestinian-Lebanese border.
Long-range rocket attacks
As for Hezbollah’s series of “Khaibar operations”, which come in support to the Palestinian people, in defense of Lebanon, and in response to Zionist massacres and civilians in Lebanon, Hezbollah fighters fired a large barrage of precision-guided rocket artillery at a Zionist base located to the east of occupied Haifa.
Usually, these guided projectiles have been launched in small amounts at a time, and were only recently deployed on the battlefield. Today’s operation marks a first in confontations that have lasted for more than a year.
Hezbollah also fired its “top-tier” rockets at the Kiryat Ata city settlement in northern Haifa, in line with the series of “Khaibar operations.”
Hezbollah also launched multiple rocket attacks including:
- A large barrage of rockets fired at the Krayot cluster of settlements in northern Haifa, which came under attack at 10:30 am.
- A rocket attack on the occupied city of Safad, which was executed at 12:50 pm.
- A rocket attack on the Rosh Pina settlement, located to the east of Safad, which was conducted at 1:00 pm.
Impacts were recorded in Kiryat Ata, in the Krayot, and in occupied Akka, were one settler was killed while several other injuries were reported.
Unvieling the M-80 anti-personnel rocket MLR
Hezbollah’s Military Media Unit has unveiled the locally-produced multiple rocket launcher (MLR), the M-80 MLR. This homegrown MLR is available in both mobile and stationary configurations, featuring 24 launch slots.
The M-80 shell itself is an 80 mm caliber rocket, measuring 95 cm in length and weighing 10 kg. While the warhead may be relatively small, it packs a significant punch. Each shell is primed with 4,750 individual steel balls, creating a highly lethal fragmentation effect with a kill radius of 35 meters.
Designed for maximum devastation against enemy personnel, the M-80 rocket can effectively target enemy troops located up to 3.3 kilometers from the launch point, ensuring another layer of fire support.