Rescue companies in Israel mentioned almost 40 individuals had been wounded, three of them critically, in a drone strike in Binyamina, Israel, which the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group has claimed accountability for, in line with studies.
Israeli media reported that two drones had been launched from Lebanon, one among which was intercepted.
Who was damage – whether or not army members or civilians – or what was struck was not instantly clear.
On Thursday, Israel performed two strikes in Beirut that killed 22 individuals, and Hezbollah mentioned it was retaliating for the strikes by focusing on an Israeli army coaching camp.
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Rescue employees on the scene on Sunday night time’s UAV/drone strike on Benyamina, Israel. (credit score: Tsuriya Zeevi/TPS-IL)
This was the second time in two days {that a} drone struck Israel.
On Sunday, as Israelis had been celebrating Yom Kippur, there was a drone strike in a Tel Aviv suburb that broken the world however didn’t trigger any accidents.
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Rescue employees on the scene on Sunday night time’s UAV/drone strike on Benyamina, Israel. (credit score: Tsuriya Zeevi/TPS-IL)
Iran and its proxy terrorist teams launched large waves of missiles towards Israel earlier this yr in April and once more on Oct. 1. Terminal Excessive-Altitude Space Protection (THAAD) has beforehand been deployed to Israel in 2019, however just for an train, Pentagon officers say.
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Rescue employees on the scene on Sunday night time’s UAV/drone strike on Benyamina, Israel. (credit score: Tsuriya Zeevi/TPS-IL)
Sunday’s strike got here the identical day the U.S. mentioned it might ship a brand new air-defense system to Israel to extend safety from missiles.
“The THAAD Battery will augment Israel’s integrated air defense system. This action underscores the United States’ ironclad commitment to the defense of Israel, and to defend Americans in Israel, from any further ballistic missile attacks by Iran. It is part of the broader adjustments the U.S. military has made in recent months, to support the defense of Israel and protect Americans from attacks by Iran and Iranian-aligned militias,” the Pentagon mentioned in a press release.
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Iran’s large Oct. 1 missile barrage displayed the risk Iran poses to Israel as a regional energy. Whereas particles from tons of of rockets and missiles rained down on Israeli territory, there have been no Israeli fatalities reported.
Fox Information Digital’s Anders Hagstrom and The Related Press contributed to this report.
