BEIRUT (TIP): Lebanon’s Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah said it targeted an Israeli command base January 9 in retaliation for the killings of one of its commanders and the Hamas deputy leader. Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have been exchanging near-daily fire across the border since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7.
The Shiite Muslim movement, a Hamas ally, said it had targeted the “enemy’s northern command centre” in the city of Safed with “several suicide drones.” It said the attack was part of its response to the killings of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Aruri on January 2 and of Hezbollah field commander Wissam Tawil on Monday.
The Israeli army confirmed that a “hostile aircraft” had come down at one of its bases in the north and said that “no injuries or damage were reported.”
On Saturday, Hezbollah said it had fired more than 60 rockets at an Israeli military base, also in response to Aruri’s killing in Beirut which was widely blamed on Israel. (AFP)