At least 67 people were injured, some seriously, this Sunday during a Hezbollah drone attack in the Binyamina region, south of Haifa, according to Israeli emergency services. Four of the injured are in critical condition, five in serious condition and 14 in moderate condition, while the others suffer minor injuries.
Israeli Army Radio, according to Al Jazeera television, reported that three people died in the Binyamina attack. The same sources claim that Hezbollah managed to deceive the Israeli defense system by launching a series of missiles to cover the advance of the drone, which then exploded against the base.
“The army intercepted a drone launched from Lebanon towards the northern naval zone. Civilians must continue to follow the directives of the National Front command,” the army said in a statement. Binyamina is a town between Tel Aviv and Haifa, with around 16,000 inhabitants, located 70 kilometers south of the border between Israel and Lebanon.
The Shiite militia claimed responsibility for this Sunday’s attack with a statement in which it claimed to have “certainly” struck a group of Israeli Defense Forces soldiers in the north of the country, as well as a military base in the Golan. Heights occupied by Israel.
Hezbollah claims to have deployed a “wave of drones” against an Israeli brigade in Binyamina “to support the Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip and their courageous and honorable resistance, as well as to defend Lebanon and its people”.
Most of the injured were taken to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, Haifa district. “The army intercepted a drone launched from Lebanon towards the northern naval zone. Civilians must continue to follow the directives of the Home Front Command,” the Israel Defense Forces reported in a statement.
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretzthe Israeli military is also investigating why air raid alarms did not sound after the drones arrived.
This incident coincides with the United States’ confirmation of the deployment of the Thaad missile shield in Israel, which will further strengthen the Israeli air defense system known as Iron Dome. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed Sunday both the delivery of the system and the deployment of U.S. military personnel to “support the defense of Israel and protect Americans in the country from attacks by Iran and militias aligned with the country, says the Pentagon”. statement.
