Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, Lebanon’s Hezbollah announced that it launched an attack with a swarm of "combat drones" on Israel's Ministry of Defense headquarters.
In a series of statements, Hezbollah announced it launched, for the first time, an air attack with a swarm of “qualitative combat drones” on the Kirya base, (the headquarters of the Israeli Ministry of Defense and General Staff, the War Management Room, and the Air Force’s War Control and Surveillance Authority,) in Tel Aviv, confirming that they “accurately” hit their targets.
The group declared that its fighters launched a swarm of "combat drones" targeting the Amos military base, an essential hub for transportation and technology readiness in northern Israel, located 55 km from the Lebanese-Palestinian border, west of Afula, claiming “precise hits” on their targets.
Additionally, Hezbollah reported it had targeted the Ramim Battalion headquarters at the Hunin barracks with a second rocket salvo during the day. It also launched additional barrages at the settlement of Kfar Vradim and a logistics base for the Israeli army’s 146th Brigade, east of Nahariya.
These attacks follow strikes on two gatherings of Israeli forces east of Maroun al-Ras and in the Sasa settlement with rocket salvos, as well as the interception of Israeli Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 drones, which were reportedly forced to exit Lebanese airspace.
In related events, Israeli media reported that nine Israeli soldiers were killed when a building, detonated by Hezbollah, collapsed in a southern Lebanese village.
Israeli media also reported sirens sounding in Kiryat Shmona, Kiryat Gat, Ghajar village, and Margaliot due to concerns over drone infiltration. Explosions were also heard in Beit Hillel, Kiryat Shmona, and Haifa.
Meanwhile, Israeli air raids continue across Lebanon, with multiple strikes hitting Tebnine, Bint Jbeil, Ainata, Borj Qalaouiye, and Al-Sultaniyah in southern Lebanon. These attacks follow severe airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut earlier in the day.
War Impact
The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the outbreak of hostilities a year ago have resulted in the deaths of 3,300 people and injuries to 14,300 others, including women and children.
In turn, Hezbollah recently announced that it has killed over 100 Israeli soldiers and wounded around 1,000 others since the Israeli army launched its ground operation in southern Lebanon on October 1. It further reported that its fighters have destroyed 43 Merkava tanks, eight military bulldozers, two Hummer vehicles, two armored vehicles, and two troop carriers. Additionally, it claimed to have downed four Hermes 450 drones and two Hermes 900 drones.
Hezbollah clarified that these figures exclude losses the Israeli military has incurred at bases, outposts, barracks, settlements, and occupied cities.
The Israeli military, which often tries to conceal the full extent of its losses, announced that 787 soldiers and officers have been killed and 5,331 others injured since the start of its war on Gaza, which has spread to Lebanon, with 779 sustaining severe injuries.