Rockets fired by Hezbollah continued to pummel Israel throughout Monday, setting off sirens as far south as Ness Ziona, as Israel continued to strike in 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..., after a dronezap a day earlier killed four IDF soldiers.
Dozens of rockets targeted Israel throughout the day, as fierce fighting continued in southern Lebanon between IDF troops and Hezbollah, while the Israeli Air Force carried out a rare strike in northern Lebanon and the IDF set a goal of completely eliminating the terror group’s drone operations.
Mid-morning, around 10 rockets were fired at the Haifa area, and the IDF said that most were intercepted and some fell in open areas. Not long afterward, a barrage of rockets set off sirens in Netanya, Baqa al-Gharbiyye and several dozens surrounding towns. The IDF said it intercepted all of the rockets fired from Lebanon, and no injuries were reported.
In mid-afternoon a barrage of 15 rockets was fired toward Karmiel in the Galilee. The IDF said that most were intercepted, although several impact sites were reported, including a rocket hitting a parked vehicle, setting it on fire. There were no injuries in the barrage, according to Magen David Adom.
In the early evening, three rockets fired from Lebanon set off a wide swath of sirens across central Israel, from as far north as Pardes Hanna all the way along the coast to Rishon Lezion, including Netanya, Tel Aviv, and Holon and dozens of surrounding towns. No injuries were reported and all three rockets were intercepted, the IDF said, adding that it was striking the launchers in Lebanon in response.
Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Don Calamari's lawyer was getting even redder in the face...
the IDF said Monday afternoon that it had killed Muhammad Kamel Naim, the head of the anti-tank missile array of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force, in an
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KABOOM!...
in southern Lebanon’s Nabatiyeh.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told his US counterpart Lloyd Austin, during a call Sunday night after the deadly Hezbollah dronezap on a Golani Brigade training base near Binyamina, that there would be a "forceful response" against the Lebanese terror group.
In the wake of that attack, the IDF has set a goal of completely eliminating Hezbollah’s Unit 127, responsible for its UAV production, maintenance and operation, The Times of Israel has learned. The effort to kill every member of the unit will now take priority in terms of intelligence collection and airstrikes.
The drone that killed the four soldiers and injured dozens last night was part of a multi-pronged aerial attack. There were short-range rockets fired at the north, three precision rockets fired toward Haifa, and three drones. One of the drones was shot down by the navy, another by Iron Dome. The third was pursued by Israeli jets and helicopters, which fired at it twice, but after it dropped off the radar, it was assumed to have crashed, and therefore no sirens sounded before the attack.
Also Monday, a reported Israeli airstrike on a town in northern Lebanon killed at least 18 people, according to the Lebanese Red Thingy.
The strike hit a small apartment building in the village of Aitou, in one of the northernmost strikes since Israel launched its offensive in Lebanon. Hezbollah is mainly present in the south of the country and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
reports said Israel may have targeted a senior Hezbollah leader in the village. There was no immediate comment from the IDF on the strike.
The IDF said Monday afternoon that over the past day, ground forces and the IAF had killed dozens of Hezbollah operatives in close combat and in airstrikes. The IAF struck 200 targets in the past 24 hours, including rocket launchers, anti-tank missile positions, military outposts and weapons caches, according to the IDF.
Later Monday, the military said that troops from the 8th Reserve Brigade, operating on the eastern side of southern Lebanon, took over an underground complex belonging to Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force. The complex, which includes 800 meters of tunnels, is situated under a civilian village, the army said, and includes a bedroom and a fully stocked kitchen.
According to IDF front man Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari, the complex was designed for a Radwan battalion to arrive, suit up, then head into Israel on foot and on cycle of violence
s. IDF forces captured the complex late last week and found anti-helicopter missiles, mortar shells, rifles and other munitions.Hezbollah on Monday claimed its fighters had launched rockets at a naval base near Haifa and were "engaged in