The private residence of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahuin the Israeli city of Caesarea, was the target last night of a drone attack launched from Lebanon. The area was cordoned off and increased security measures were deployed.
Neither the president nor any member of his family was present in the house. when the drone targeting his house struck. “A drone was launched towards the prime minister’s house in Caesarea. The prime minister and his wife were not there and there were no casualties in the incident,” Netanyahu’s office confirmed in a statement. press release.
The drone, attributed to the Shiite militia Hezbollahstruck this city on the Mediterranean coast in central Israel, among three cities detected, although the other two were intercepted.
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A Hezbollah drone reportedly struck what is believed to be Benjamin Netanyahu’s private home in Caesarea, according to Saudi television channel “Al-Hadath.”
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Two drones shot down
“Over the past hour, three unmanned aerial vehicles were identified crossing from Lebanon towards Israeli territory. Two of them were intercepted and a third hit the Caesarea area,” an army statement said. Israeli.
According to the army, sirens have sounded in recent hours in several towns in northern Israel, including the city of Tiberias, in the west coast of the Sea of Galilee.
Although Hezbollah has not officially claimed responsibility for the attack, Arab media reports indicate that Netanyahu’s house was the main target of the drone attack.
Netanyahu’s vacation home also in Caesarea was the subject of numerous protests from Israelis over the past two years, first against judicial reform and then to demand a truce agreement in Gaza allowing the release of the hostages.
33 dead in Gaza
On the other hand, Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip continued until the early hours of Saturday. At least 30 civilians have died after a new attack in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the north of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Defense Forces bombed several houses near the Nassar crossing, end the lives of 33 peopleaccording to the Palestinian News Agency, citing medical sources from Al Awda Hospital, located on the ground.
In additionat least five other people died and a still unknown number were injured in a subsequent attack by Israeli forces on a house in the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The attack also left several people missing in the rubble resulting from the bombing.
