Hezbollah hits Tel Aviv military HQ twice after Israel bombs southern Beirut

Central command buildings attacked for the first time

Lebanese militia group Hezbollah yesterday attacked the headquarters of the Israeli military in Tel Aviv twice in one day. It is believed to be the first time the complex has been targeted.

The group said on Wednesday that had successfully used exploding drones on the Kirya base, the main home of Israel’s Defence Ministry, General Staff, War Room, and Air Force Command at 3.30pm and subsequently with ballistic missiles at around 6.15pm local time. The strikes follow a drone attack on a military training base near Haifa in October, which killed several soldiers and wounded more than sixty others.

Israeli media denied the report.

The group also announced a drone attack on the Amos military transport hub in northern Israel and a missile attack on the Glilot base which houses Israel’s ‘Unit 8200’ spy group, the second time this month it has targeted that complex after attacks in September and October. Glilot is housed in the suburbs of Tel Aviv – another example, by Israel’s own logic, of using civilians as human shields.

The strikes came after more mass bombing by Israel of southern Beirut, including the reported use of white phosphorus – a war crime in civilian areas – killing at least twenty-eight people and wounding many others. Israel has stepped up its bombing of residential areas in and around Beirut as its ground offensive has stalled, with heavy casualties. It has also repeatedly attacked United Nations peacekeepers, including with chemical weapons. Israeli media have reported further losses in southern Lebanon this week, including nine troops killed and others wounded when they entered a booby-trapped building.

Well over three thousand people have been killed by Israel’s bombing in Lebanon since Israel’s ground invasion began in late September, including more than two hundred children and over three hundred medical workers.

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