A building damaged by a Hezbollah attack in the suburbs of Haifa, northern Israel, on Sept. 22, 2024. (Credit: Jack Guez/AFP)
The last confirmed strike reaching this deep into Israel occurred during the 2006 war. In the early hours of Sunday morning, Hezbollah launched around a hundred missiles targeting key locations within Israel, including southern Haifa and the Ramat David base further to the east, in what was described as retaliation for a series of recent provocations on the Lebanese front.A third volley hit the headquarters of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, a military technology company, marking Hezbollah’s “initial response” to the deadly sabotage of thousands of its communication devices.These targets are located at a record distance, up to 50 kilometers from the demarcation known as the “Blue Line.” However, rather than marking a new step toward all-out war (especially since only five people were wounded), these unprecedented operations primarily...
The last confirmed strike reaching this deep into Israel occurred during the 2006 war. In the early hours of Sunday morning, Hezbollah launched around a hundred missiles targeting key locations within Israel, including southern Haifa and the Ramat David base further to the east, in what was described as retaliation for a series of recent provocations on the Lebanese front.A third volley hit the headquarters of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, a military technology company, marking Hezbollah’s “initial response” to the deadly sabotage of thousands of its communication devices.These targets are located at a record distance, up to 50 kilometers from the demarcation known as the “Blue Line.” However, rather than marking a new step toward all-out war (especially since only five people were wounded), these unprecedented operations...