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130 rockets, 10 drones fired at Israel Saturday; helicopter downs drone south of Haifa
[IsraelTimes] Footage shows chopper interception of terror group’s UAV; IDF says Hezbollah left with 30% of drones it had at start of warOver 130 rockets were fired at northern Israel from Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... throughout Saturday, the military said, with sirens repeatedly sending people rushing to shelters. Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, the little lost dog had finished eating the rat terrier... 10 drones targeted the country — six from Lebanon, three from Iraq and one whose origin was unclear. Seven drones were intercepted by the military. A rocket attack early in the morning in central Israel maimed 11 people after one of three rockets struck a home in Tira. The IDF said it was investigating the failure to intercept the rocket. An Israel Air Force attack helicopter was filmed intercepting a Hezbollah drone in the Binyamina area, south of Haifa, after the drone set off sirens in area communities. Footage posted to social media showed the moment the drone was shot down. Attack drones have emerged as one of the most potent threats to Israel’s home front since the beginning of the year. According to fresh data from the Israel Defense Forces, some 1,300 drones have been launched at Israel since the start of the war in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... last year, from all fronts — Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, Syria, Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , and Iran. The IDF said that 231 of the drones struck Israel, causing causalities and damage in some cases (including drones that went kaboom!in open areas). Some 80 percent of drones have been intercepted, according to the military. Despite multiple attacks throughout the day, the IDF Homefront Command said it was easing restrictions in several areas in northern Israel, following a fresh assessment. As part of the changes, the Command adjusted the activity scale in the Lower Galilee and southern Golan Heights from "partial activity" to "full activity," meaning that gatherings of up to 2,000 people are permitted. There are no changes, however, to other areas in the country. The IDF says it is increasing its efforts against Hezbollah’s aerial force, known as Unit 127, which is responsible for drone attacks on Israel. So far, the commander of the unit has been killed, along with other officers. In all, around 10% of the unit’s members have been killed or maimed, according to the IDF. Hezbollah’s aerial forces are currently left with some 30% of the hundreds of drones they had before the war, according to IDF assessments. The military says it has struck 54 sites used by the aerial forces to store drones, 24 sites used to store cruise missiles, eight sites where drones and cruise missiles were assembled, six underground sites, and seven weapon depots. The IDF estimates that more than 2,000 Hezbollah operatives have been killed during the ongoing ground offensive in southern Lebanon. Since the start of the conflict with Hezbollah on October 8, a day after Hamas  ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...launched its terror onslaught, nearly 3,000 Hezbollah members have been killed, according to IDF assessments. Around 100 members of other terror groups, along with hundreds of civilians, have also been reported killed in Lebanon. Hezbollah has named 516 members who have been killed by Israel amid the fighting, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. These numbers have not been consistently updated since Israel began a new offensive against Hezbollah in September. Posted by: trailing wife 2024-11-03 |
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