Afrigather Smoke rises from explosions within the southern Lebanese village of Odessa as Israel Protection Forces strike Hezbollah positions after roughly 180 projectiles fired by Hezbollah crossed from Lebanon into Israel, together with three that focused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea. Picture by Atef Safadi/EPA-EFE
Oct. 19 (UPI) — Hezbollah focused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea early Saturday morning with three explosive drones, two of which had been destroyed, whereas the third missed the home.
Earlier reviews indicated a drone struck Netanyahu’s house, however later reviews mentioned the drone missed the home.
“The prime minister and his spouse weren’t on the residence because the time of the assault and there have been no casualties,” Netanyahu spokesman Omer Dostri mentioned.
“The try by Iran’s proxy Hezbollah to assassinate me and my spouse in the present day was a grave mistake,” Netanyahu mentioned in a submit on X. “This is not going to deter me or the state of Israel from persevering with our simply battle in opposition to our enemies with a view to safe our future.”
The Israeli chief instantly addressed Iranian leaders in his assertion.
“I say to Iran and its proxies in its axis of evil: Anybody who tries to hurt Israel’s residents can pay a heavy worth. We are going to proceed to eradicate the terrorists and those that dispatch them.”
Netanyahu additionally mentioned Israel will carry again the remaining hostages held in Gaza and make it attainable for Israeli residents to return to their houses close to the Israel-Lebanon border.
“Israel is decided to realize all our battle goals and alter the safety actuality in our area for generations to return,” he mentioned. “Collectively, we are going to combat, and with God’s assist, collectively, we are going to win.”
The drones had been amongst 180 projectiles launched by Hezbollah on Saturday morning, the Israel Protection Forces mentioned.
The aerial assault killed a 50-year-old man who was struck by shrapnel whereas inside his automobile in northern Israel and injured 4 others.
The Gaza Well being Ministry, in the meantime, reported the IDF intensified assaults on hospitals in northern Gaza on Saturday.
The IDF killed at the least three folks at three hospitals in northern Gaza whereas firing on them with small arms and artillery, Gaza hospitals director Munir al-Bursh informed the Washington Submit.
The Gaza Well being Ministry mentioned one individual died throughout an assault on the doorway to the Kamal Adwan Hospital whereas two others died when the Indonesian Hospital was besieged and misplaced its energy.
IDF forces additionally focused the al-Awda Hospital.
The United Nations reported greater than 20,000 Gazans fled Jablaya in northern Gaza because the IDF intensified its operations there.
Israeli forces additionally made their deepest penetration into southern Lebanon since concentrating on Hezbollah militants there on the finish of September.
The IDF’s 98th Division mentioned it raided a Hezbollah headquarters within the “deepest space IDF forces have operated to date in floor operations in Lebanon.”
The army issued a number of evacuation warnings Saturday afternoon for the Dahiya and Burj al-Barajneh suburbs of southern Beirut.
A big explosion occurred within the Dahiya space close to the Beirut worldwide airport and an IDF drone strike killed a person and a girl who had been driving on a freeway north of Beirut, Lebanon’s Nationwide Information Company reported.
The IDF focused 5 constructions in Dahiya during which Hezbollah saved ammunition in “civilian buildings” and performed “restricted, localized, focused floor raids” that destroyed greater than than 50 tunnel shafts and an underground Hezbollah command heart, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari mentioned late Saturday.
Saturday’s actions got here after an post-mortem on former Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar confirmed he was killed by a bullet that struck his head throughout an surprising encounter with IDF forces in Rafah on Wednesday, Israel nationwide forensic institute Director Dr. Chen Kugel informed the New York Instances on Friday.
Kugel mentioned Sinwar had suffered a number of critical wounds brought on by shrapnel from both a small missile or a spherical fired by a tank that “smashed” one among his forearms.
Kugel supervised Sinwar’s post-mortem and mentioned the Israeli army took possession of his physique afterward.
