The Hamas terrorist group on Sunday praised that day’s Hezbollah attack on Israel as an act of strength and a humiliation for Jerusalem.
“We emphasize that this strong and focused response, which struck deep inside the Zionist entity, is a slap in the face” of the Israeli government, the Shi’ite organization said.
The Israel Defense Forces carried out a preemptive strike on Hezbollah targets in Southern Lebanon early on Sunday, after detecting preparations by the Iranian proxy to launch an “extensive” attack.
Approximately 100 Israeli warplanes carried out simultaneous strikes on some 40 Hezbollah targets, destroying more than 6,000 missiles and drones before launch, the IDF said.
Hezbollah subsequently fired more than 200 projectiles into Israel.
The terrorist group claimed its attack had been “carried out with the highest precision” and that it had “successfully implemented the retaliatory operation it had planned,” according to its media mouthpiece Al-Mayadeen.
Since joining the war in support of Hamas on Oct. 8, Hezbollah has launched more than 6,700 rockets, missiles and armed drones at the Jewish state, leading to the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents from northern Israel.
Hamas and Hezbollah are part of Iran’s “Axis of Resistance” against Israel and the U.S. that also includes the Houthis in Yemen and additional terrorist proxies in Iraq and Syria.
