Report: Hezbollah strike on Glilot killed 22, wounded 74
Hezbollah’s response to the assassination of its military chief Fouad Shukur killed 22 and wounded 74 others from Israel’s Unit 8200 intelligence department, the pro-Hezbollah al-Mayadeen TV quoted “credible European security sources” as saying.
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had on August 25 announced that his group had managed to strike the Glilot intelligence base in Tel Aviv’s suburbs with suicide drones, as Israel's military said there were "no hits" on the base.
Israel launched massive air strikes into south Lebanon on the dawn of August 25, saying it destroyed hundreds of Hezbollah rocket launchers and thwarted a major attack, while the Lebanese group insisted it had been able to deliver a drone and rocket barrage of its own.
The Israeli military said around 100 of its fighter jets had struck more than 270 targets, "90 percent" of which "were short-range rockets aimed at northern Israel."
Hezbollah denied that thousands of launchers had been destroyed or that Israel had thwarted a larger attack. It said its own operation "was completed and accomplished."
Hezbollah said its militants launched "a large number of drones" and "more than 320" Katyusha rockets targeting "enemy positions" across the border.
Nasrallah named the "main target" as the Glilot military intelligence base near Tel Aviv, which Israeli media reported is home to the headquarters of the Mossad spy agency. A secondary target, said Nasrallah, was Ein Shemer, a military airport used by Israeli drones.
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