Binyamina: Hezbollah drone strike in Israel north of Tel Aviv injuring at least 67 people
Hezbollah drones have evaded Israel’s Iron Dome, striking an IDF camp, killing four soldiers and injuring 67 others in Binyamina north, of Tel Aviv.
It is one of the bloodiest attacks in Israel in a year of war.
The Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group claimed responsibility for Sunday’s strike, saying it targeted a military camp.
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Israel’s Iron Dome is an advanced air defence system that usually fends off any attacks. However, it was not activated, nor were air sirens used ahead of the strikes.
It is unclear how many drones struck the IDF base. Israeli media claimed that two drones were launched from Lebanon, and Israel’s military said one was intercepted.
It was the second time in two days a drone had struck Israel. On Saturday, during the Israeli holiday of Yom Kippur, a drone hit in a suburb of Tel Aviv, causing damage but no injuries.
The strike came on the same day the United States announced it would send a new air defence system to Israel to help bolster its protection against missiles.
Israel is now at war with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon - both Iran-backed militant groups - and is expected to strike Iran in retaliation for a missile attack earlier in October, though it has not said how or when. Iran has said it will respond to any Israeli attack.
A year into the war with Hamas, Israel continues to strike what it says are militant targets in Gaza nearly every day.
One strike in Gaza late on Saturday hit a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing parents and their six children, who ranged in age from eight to 23, according to health authorities.
Israel’s operations in Gaza have killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, and left much of the territory in ruins.
At least 2255 people have been killed in Lebanon since the start of the conflict, including more than 1400 people since September, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many were Hezbollah fighters.
At least 54 people have been killed in rocket attacks on Israel, nearly half of them soldiers.
