Lebanon
Returning the residents of northern Israel to their homes “is a national goal of the highest order,” said the Israeli premier.
Mojtaba Amani, Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, said the claims were part of a “Zionist plot.”
The Israeli envoy to the global body told Lebanese citizens that they and their government can confront Hezbollah “or watch as your country is dragged into chaos and destruction.”
The target, Faris Qasim, was responsible for developing the terror group’s operational plans in Syria and Lebanon.
Out of 89 city, municipal and regional council leaders, only six attended the meeting with OC Northern Command Maj. Gen. Uri Gordin.
Both Washington and Israel were “closely monitoring the situation” with Hezbollah over the weekend.
Hundreds of launch sites from the attack early Sunday were positioned near mosques, schools, gas stations and U.N. structures.
Israel’s long focus on Iran and the northern front has come at the expense of intelligence gathering and operational attention to Gaza.
Even if the Air Force did destroy 6,000 enemy missiles on Sunday, this is less than 3% of their arsenal, Upper Galilee Regional Council chairman tells JNS.
The Hezbollah leader claimed that the terror group had successfully targeted the Glilot intelligence base near Tel Aviv by overwhelming Israeli air defenses with hundreds of missiles.
At the operational level, the Jewish state proved it can act quickly on intelligence warnings, but most of Hezbollah’s capabilities remain intact.
The Glilot base near Herzliya also hosts multiple Israeli military intelligence units.
