BREAKING: Hezbollah Drones Attack Israeli Army Bases, Casualties Confirmed

The attacks came hours after several people were killed in an Israeli drone strike on southern Lebanon

By The Cradle
Global Research, August 07, 2024
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Several Hezbollah drones struck Israeli military sites near the city of Nahariya, north of Acre, on 6 August, just a few hours after several people were killed in an Israeli drone strike on southern Lebanon. 

“In response to the attack and assassination carried out by the Israeli enemy in the town of Abba, the Islamic Resistance fighters launched an air attack on Tuesday 06-08-2024 with a squadron of suicide drones that targeted the headquarters of the Golani Brigade and the headquarters of the Egoz Unit 621 in the Shraga barracks north of occupied Acre, hitting their targets accurately and achieving confirmed hits,” Hezbollah said in a statement.

A Hezbollah member was assassinated in the southern village of Abba on Monday. 

Video footage circulating social media showed Hezbollah drones flying over Nahariya. Other footage shows plumes of smoke in the distance as a result of explosions.

“The medical teams of the Rescue Union provided first aid to a 30-year-old man who was fatally injured near Nahariya,” said a spokesperson for the Israeli Rescue Union. 

“While I was driving, citizens signaled me to stop after a car had an accident after hearing the alarm and apparently as a result of being hit by shrapnel. I stopped to help him with a bag of medical equipment that I received from the Rescue Union and went over to help him while stopping the bleeding and first dressing – on his body and car were found with shrapnel wounds. He was then taken to Nahariya hospital in critical condition,” said one of the Rescue Union’s medics. 

Nahariya Hospital announced that 19 Israelis were injured, including one critically. Hebrew reports on Telegram said two soldiers were wounded in the Shagra barracks. Israel’s ambulance service said it treated wounded in three different locations.

“For about ten minutes, two drones traveled about 20 kilometers deep inside Israel today, flying in the northern sky on a clear path on the way to the target until they exploded, without being intercepted,” Israeli army radio said about the attack.

The Hezbollah attack came hours after five people were killed in an Israeli drone strike on southern Lebanon earlier on Tuesday.

Hezbollah had targeted Israeli forces in the Avivim settlement that morning. 

The attack also comes as regional tensions are at an all-time high following Israel’s assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on 31 July and top Hezbollah war commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut the day before. 

The attack on Beirut killed several civilians, including young children. 

Tel Aviv is anticipating retaliation from the Islamic Republic and Hezbollah, as both have vowed harsh responses to the Israeli attacks.

Israel is also expecting a Yemeni response to its attack on Hodeidah port last month. 

A Hezbollah source told The Cradle on 5 August that Iran, Lebanon, and Yemen will launch simultaneous retaliatory strikes against Israel to overwhelm its Iron Dome system. 

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