Hezbollah launched more than 200 missiles and drones at Israeli military bases – Bloomberg Vladislav Kravtsov
Hezbollah announced the start of attacks on targets in northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The group said the actions were retaliation for the killing of senior commander Mohammed Nasser in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, July 3.
At the same time, the Israeli military reported the sound of sirens in northern regions of the country. At the same time, military forces began to strike launchers in Lebanon.
In turn, the Israeli military did not name the number of rockets fired, but reported that most of them fell in open areas, some were intercepted, and several rockets fell in the Kiryat Shmona area.
According to preliminary data, no one was injured in Israel as a result of Hezbollah’s shelling. But firefighters were working to put out a number of fires caused by rocket fire.
Journalists recalled that both the IDF and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, with Hezbollah acting in solidarity with the Islamist group. Hezbollah, like Hamas, is recognized by the United States as a terrorist organization.
What is known about the liquidation of Mohammed Nasser
Reuters journalists reported that the Israeli military killed Mohammed Nasser near the city of Tire in southern Lebanon. Nasser is believed to have been the commander of the unit responsible for shelling Israel from southwestern Lebanon.
Lebanese sources told reporters that Nasser was responsible for certain Hezbollah operations along borders. According to one source, another Hezbollah operative and a civilian were also killed.
Nasser had a rank and level of importance comparable with Taleb Abdallah, a senior commander who was killed in an Israeli strike in June, the newspaper writes. Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.”
Senior Hezbollah official Hassan Fadlallah said Nasser knew he was a target but remained on the battlefield for nine months. Fadlallah warned that Hezbollah would give a “punitive response” to Israel for “its crime,” arguing that “the arm of resistance is long.”