Lebanon
Hezbollah also fired projectiles at Kibbutz Yiftah, Moshav Ya’ara and Kibbutz Hanita.
Israel’s U.N. envoy is heading up the delegation’s tour of devastated Israeli communities and the Israel-Lebanon border.
Hezbollah claimed to have fired Burkan rockets at the Biranit military base located along the border with Lebanon.
Troops are preparing for a possible war with Hezbollah.
“We will not come back as long as Hezbollah poses a threat to us. If we don’t come back, it will be known as the biggest political failure in the history of Israel.”
The attack, the second on the base this month, caused slight damage but the air force’s detection capabilities remain unimpaired.
While U.S. diplomacy is not likely to lead anywhere, giving it a chance (and calling attention to the failure of U.N. Resolution 1701) could be critical for the legitimacy of an Israeli operation against Hezbollah, experts tell JNS.
“Who told you that we do not attack in Iran?” Netanyahu asked.
White House envoy Amos Hochstein has been conducting shuttle diplomacy between Jerusalem and Beirut.
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi: “We’re releasing some reserves, knowing that we’ll call on them again.”
Netanyahu reportedly agreed to Blinken’s demand that Israel avoid a war with the Iranian terror proxy.
Two rockets caused material damage in the Eastern Galilee town of Metula.
