On Monday, Hezbollah launched a barrage of around 50 rockets at northern Israel, confirming at least one person has been wounded in the attack, according to the media reports. The rockets targeted the Galilee region, including the town of Karmiel, where a woman in her 40s was struck by shrapnel. Medics say she is conscious and being treated at the scene.
Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical service, confirmed the injury, and several rocket impacts were detected in Karmiel and nearby areas. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) ssid that air defense systems intercepted some of the incoming rockets, but not all could be stopped.
For the first time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel was behind the pager and walkie-talkie attacks on Hezbollah in September that left at least 39 people dead and more than 3,000 injured, according to the media reports. Netanyahu said, “The pager operation and the elimination of (Hezbollah leader Hassan) Nasrallah were carried out despite the opposition of senior officials in the defence establishment and those responsible for them in the political echelon,”.
Netanyahu’s remarks came during Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting, according to the media reports. Israel had as of now not taken responsibility publicly for the attacks, but it was widely speculated that it was behind the complex successfully orchestrated attacks that took the world by surprise.
Thousands of pagers consisting explosives exploded on their Hezbollah owners across Lebanon and parts of Syria on September 16. While the world was still absorbing the news of pager explosions, walkie-talkies met the same fate a day later on September 17, shocking the world at the level of Israeli intelligence’s preparation in its war against the Lebanese Shia militia. Netanyahu’s statement is being interpreted in the context of his firing of Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and efforts to shore up popularity by taking credit for war successes. Gallant was fired from the defence minister’s position on November 5.
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