Hezbollah’s 250+ Missile Barrage Shakes Israel’s Tel Aviv, Residents Panic | Watch

Last Updated:November 25, 2024, 17:37 IST

Mayhem in parts of Tel Aviv as Hezbollah missiles and attack drones caused damage to civic infrastructure in Israel’s Tel Aviv and southern regions.

Residents in Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv check the damage after rockets were fired from Lebanon. (IMAGE: AFP)

Hezbollah fired around 250 projectiles into Israeli territory from Lebanon on Sunday and videos of burnt cars in Petah Tikva, people rushing for cover and firemen extinguishing fires in several parts of the city.

Social media handles on X, some of them pro-Hezbollah, said that the strikes by Hezbollah tend to follow instructions from its new leader Naim Qassem who vowed a strike in Lebanese capital Beirut will lead to strikes in Tel Aviv.

The wave of projectiles follows at least four deadly Israeli strikes in the heart of Beirut in the past week, including one that killed Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif.

Israel’s military said Hezbollah fired around 250 projectiles into its territory from Lebanon on Sunday. The Lebanese militant group said their attacks targeted the Tel Aviv area and Israel’s south.

Hen Mazzig, Tel Aviv University senior fellow and author, said the Lebanese strikes also ended up hitting a Palestinian home in the West Bank, injuring several women. He also shared a video of the strike.

News18 could not independently verify the authenticity of the videos.

A video by Russian-state run RT showed burned cars at Petah Tikva and other unverified pro-Palestinian social media handles claimed that Hezbollah missile barrage also impacted Galilee. Images released by AFP showed a house pockmarked by shrapnel.

The Iran-backed group said in a statement that it had “launched, for the first time, an aerial attack using a swarm of attack drones on the Ashdod naval base" in southern Israel.

Later, it said it fired “a barrage of advanced missiles and a swarm of attack drones" at a “military target" in Tel Aviv, and had also launched a volley of missiles at the Glilot army intelligence base in the city’s suburbs. Hezbollah has previously reported attacks against the Glilot base.

The Israeli military said earlier that air raid sirens had sounded in several locations in central and northern Israel, including in the Tel Aviv suburbs.

The army later said around 250 projectiles that were fired by Hezbollah have crossed from Lebanon into Israel, updating the figure from 160 earlier on Sunday. Some of the projectiles were shot down.

The military said the highest number of projectiles, 350, was recorded on September 24, 2024.

Since September 23, Israel has intensified its Lebanon air campaign, later sending in ground troops against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The war followed nearly a year of limited exchanges of fire initiated by Hezbollah in support of its ally Hamas after the Palestinian group’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which sparked the Gaza war.

Medical agencies reported that at least 11 people were wounded in Israel, including a man in a “moderate to serious" condition.

The Palestine Red Crescent said 13 people were injured at the refugee camp of Tulkarem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank after an interceptor missile fell on several houses.

It added the injuries were “minor to moderate", including burns, shrapnel and bruises.

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