By Trans Asia News
Beirut- The Lebanese movement Hezbollah announced the launch of “Operation Khaybar” against Israel by launching barrages of Fadi 4-type rockets towards a military intelligence unit, as well as the Mossad headquarters located in the suburbs of Tel Aviv, in response to the “targeting of civilians and the massacres committed by the enemy”.
“With the call of “Labbyaka ya Nasrallah” (We are at Your Service O Nasrallah), the fighters of the Islamic Resistance launched a barrage of Fadi-4 missiles at the Glilot base belonging to the Military Intelligence Unit 8200 and the Mossad headquarters located in the outskirts of Tel Aviv under “Operation Khaybar” on Tuesday, a statement from the group said.
The operation comes amid ongoing Israeli air raids on Lebanon, especially its South and East, as well as the Southern Suburb of the capital Beirut, where Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was assassinated.
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority (KAN) stated that three missiles were launched from Lebanon toward the Greater Tel Aviv area, while Israeli media confirmed that a total of ten ballistic missiles were fired from Lebanon toward Tel Aviv.
The Israeli Channel 12 said that 50 projectiles have so far been launched from Lebanon, with the operation targeting central Israel forcing millions of settlers to rush to shelters.
In response, the Israeli military announced that millions of Israelis have sought shelter due to Hezbollah’s rocket fire from Lebanon. The Israeli army confirmed detecting and intercepting several missiles launched toward the Greater Tel Aviv region.
It is the first time Hezbollah has deployed the Fadi 4 rockets to hit Israeli military targets. Hezbollah targeted Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv suburbs with a Qader 1 ballistic missile on September 25.
Hezbollah’s rocket barrage on Tel Aviv Tuesday comes after a night of heavy Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital and the beginning of what Israeli officials have called the incursion a “limited ground invasion” of Lebanon’s south.
Lebanese authorities have reported over a thousand casualties since Israeli aggression on Lebanon intensified in mid-September.
Intensified Fighting
The Israeli military has carried out deadly aerial assaults on southern Lebanon, killing several people.
The Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported on Tuesday that an Israeli warplane bombed a home in the town of Daoudiya in southern Lebanon, killing at least 10 people and injuring five others. All the victims of the attack belong to the Diab family, the report added.
Also on Tuesday, at least five people were killed in another Israeli airstrike that hit the crowded Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon.
Some reports said the raid targeted the home of Munir Al-Maqdah, leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Fatah movement in Lebanon.
Meanwhile, a Palestinian source told Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen news channel that the assassination attempt had failed.
Ground Offensive
Hezbollah has dismissed as “false” Israel’s claim that its forces have crossed into southern Lebanon.
Spokesman Mohammed Afifi made the remarks in a statement on Tuesday, after the Israeli military announced its troops had entered southern Lebanon earlier in the day in preparation for a ground operation.
Afifi went on to say that “no direct ground clashes have yet taken place between the resistance fighters and the occupation forces,” emphasizing that the allegations are false.
“Hezbollah fighters are ready for a direct confrontation with enemy forces that dare to or try to enter Lebanon to inflict casualties among them,” he said.
Afifi further stated that Hezbollah’s firing of medium-range missiles toward the central part of the occupied territories “is only the beginning,” hours after the resistance group targeted Israel’s Glilot military base and Mossad headquarters in the outskirts of Tel Aviv with salvos of Fadi-4 rockets.
Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, on October 7, the Lebanese movement Hezbollah has engaged directly, but relatively in a limited way in the war against the Israeli occupation.
Israel attempted to re-occupy Lebanon in 2006 but failed in what Lebanon considers a major victory against Israel.
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