One person was killed on Tuesday during a rocket barrage fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon at the northern Israeli town of Ma’alot-Tarshiha.
The Magen David Adom emergent medical service reported the death from a rocket impact, along with several people with mild anxiety.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, 50 rockets crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory, triggering sirens in the Upper and Western Galilees. Some of the projectiles were intercepted, while others fell in the area.
MDA Spokesperson: Update to the Red Alert sirens in Maalot
MDA EMTs and Paramedics have reported a male with no signs of life and a number of anxiety patients. Updates to follow pic.twitter.com/lBgy4OOth4
— Magen David Adom (@Mdais) October 29, 2024
Hezbollah drone hits pedestrian bridge in Nahariya
A drone launched from Lebanon by Hezbollah detonated over a pedestrian bridge in Nahariya in northwestern Israel on Tuesday morning. No injuries were reported.
Video of the incident shows the UAV striking the cables of a bridge near the city’s railway station and exploding. Shrapnel rained down on the road and rail station, causing slight damage to a train carriage.
This morning, Hezbollah launched an explosive drone to the city Nahariya.
It exploded right above a pedestrian bridge.
Hezbollah:” we only target military targets.” pic.twitter.com/9UsQ54RSNI
— Avital Leibovich (@AvitalLeibovich) October 29, 2024
“Following an initial examination, it was determined that the UAV that crossed from Lebanon into the Western Galilee area at 7:09 fell in an open area in the region of Nahariya. Fallen shrapnel was identified in the area,” the IDF said.
According to the Israel Police, “A short time ago, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was detected exploding in the air near Nahariya. As a result, fragments likely struck one of the supporting cables of the pedestrian bridge and a train car, with no injuries reported. Nahariya police officers are on site, working together with municipal officials to conduct inspections to eliminate any public risk.”
The Israeli Air Force intercepted another UAV that entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon on Tuesday morning, triggering alarms in the Upper Galilee, according to the IDF.
On Monday, Hezbollah launched some 150 rockets at northern Israel, according to the Israeli military.
Tunnel shafts uncovered in Southern Lebanon
The IDF said on Tuesday morning that troops operating in Southern Lebanon were continuing to eliminate Hezbollah terrorists, dismantle terrorist infrastructure and locate weapons stockpiles both above and below ground.
Footage of IDF operational activity in southern Lebanon. Credit: IDF.
During joint aerial and ground operations, Israeli forces struck Hezbollah infrastructure intended to facilitate long-term stays and the planning and execution of attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers, according to the IDF.
Furthermore, over the past 24 hours the IAF eliminated dozens of terrorists and struck 110 Hezbollah targets, including launchers aimed at Israeli civilian communities, weapons storage facilities and terror infrastructure sites.
IDF uproots Kfar Kila terror base
The IDF on Monday revealed a year-long operation in the majority Shi’ite Muslim village of Kfar Kila in Southern Lebanon to disrupt a major center of Hezbollah terror activities against Israel.
🔎 LOOK at what our troops found and dismantled in the village of Kfarkela—one of Hezbollah’s main strongholds in southern Lebanon: pic.twitter.com/dIddkbPYIj
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 28, 2024
In recent weeks, forces of the 769th Brigade under the command of the 91st Division expanded activities in Kfar Kila, damaging Hezbollah’s ability to carry out its plan to invade the Galilee.
“So far, dozens of underground [sites], hundreds of Hezbollah military buildings, thousands of weapons, enemy intelligence documents, launchers and tactical equipment belonging to the terrorists of the Radwan Force unit have been located and destroyed in the operation,” according to the IDF.
IDF chief: Hezbollah terror sites can’t return
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi delivered a video message from an underground Hezbollah base in Southern Lebanon, emphasizing that this sort of terrorist infrastructure can not be allowed to return.
“We have been saying for years that Hezbollah is preparing the area of the border for war. To the countries that doubted it, to the UN, to the UNIFIL force that was [stationed] up here…We caught this in time, before it was too late, and this infrastructure must not return here… pic.twitter.com/IImuQv0sM6
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 28, 2024
“We have been saying for years that Hezbollah is preparing the area of the border for war. To the countries that doubted it, to the United Nations, to the UNIFIL [United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon] force that was [stationed] up here …We caught this in time, before it was too late, and this infrastructure must not return here in future generations,” said Halevi. The bunker complex was destroyed shortly afterwards.
Speaking to soldiers in one of the tunnels, Halevi stressed that “our task over the years to come will be to make sure that no new [infrastructure] is built.” The IDF’s work in Lebanon now means that in future years “you will walk around here, drive around with your grandchildren in the Hula Valley and you will know that you freed the Ramim Ridge from a great threat, a substantial threat,” he said.
(JNS)
