At least 10 Israelis were wounded,
including one critically, in a Hezbollah drone attack in the Druze town
of Hurfeish near the border with Lebanon on Wednesday evening.
No air-raid sirens were triggered before
the attack on the northernmost Druze community in the Galilee, the
Israel Defense Forces confirmed.
According to the Magen David Adom
emergency medical service, one victim was critically wounded, two
moderately and the rest lightly.
Hezbollah took responsibility for launching the drones, with Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen
outlet claiming that “the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted … a
deployment of Israeli enemy soldiers in the Baram Forest with rocket
weapons and hit them directly.”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog commented
on the attack during his speech at Jerusalem Day celebrations in the
capital, saying Israel cannot remain indifferent to Hezbollah terrorism.
“Israel is attacked every day, for long
months, by Iran’s proxies in Lebanon, who crudely violate international
treaties, said Herzog. “The world must wake up and understand that
Israel is left with no choice but to defend its citizens.
He continued, “The world must stand in
wonder how Israel does so on its own, with growing force. Do not come
with complaints when things get out of control.”
Hezbollah has attacked northern Israel
nearly every day since joining the war in support of Hamas on Oct. 8,
killing more than 20 people and causing widespread damage. Tens of
thousands of Israelis remain internally displaced due to the violence.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
said the Jewish state is “prepared for very intense action in the
north” to restore security” and return the 60,000 displaced residents to
their homes near the Lebanese border.
“We said, at the start of the war that we
would restore security in both the south and the north, and this is what
we are doing,” the premier said after earlier being briefed by
commanders at the IDF’s Gibor base.
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