Early on Sunday, Israel launched a preemptive strike to halt and “extensive” attack planned by Hezbollah, according to the IDF
In response, Hezbollah fired 150 missiles into Northern Israel.
Hezbollah’s attack was in retaliation for Israel assassinating Hezbollah Senior Commander Fuad Shukr last month.
“We target terrorist infrastructure, they target civilians,” The IDF said.
“Israel’s preemptive attack was aimed at missile launchers in Lebanon that had been programmed to be fired at 5 a.m. in the direction of Tel Aviv,” the New York Times reported, citing a western intelligence official, who “said that all the launchers that were targeted were destroyed and that Israel was anticipating a harsh response from Hezbollah.”
Since October 8th Hezbollah has fired 6700 rockets at Israel leading to the evacuation of 60000 northern residents, civilians casualties and destructive wildfires.
