Hizbullah Attacks Israeli Vehicle, Netanyahu Says No Casualties
Hizbullah announced Sunday it destroyed an Israeli military vehicle and killed and wounded those inside, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the attack did not cause any casualties.
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee said Israel retaliated to the operation by striking the "attack cell", firing around 100 shells on south Lebanon and launching a number of helicopter raids.
Another spokesman said in the evening that the exchange of fire was likely over and that there were no Israeli casualties despite damage on the Israeli side.
"The tactical event near Avivim, the exchange of fire, is most likely over," Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus told journalists, adding that a military ambulance was hit in the escalation.
Prior to the Israeli announcements, video and picture footage had emerged of Israeli ambulances and helicopters apparently transferring wounded soldiers to hospitals.
Hizbullah's al-Manar television said the attack caused "four Israeli casualties," noting that the Wolf-type vehicle usually fits eight personnel.
The Israeli army had earlier confirmed that Israeli targets were "hit."
"A number of anti-tank missiles were fired from Lebanon towards an (Israeli military) base and military vehicles," the army said.
"A number of hits have been confirmed. (Israel's military) is responding with fire towards the sources of fire and targets in southern Lebanon," the Israeli army added.
The Israeli shelling concentrated on areas close to the border near the villages of Maroun el-Ras and Yaroun, triggering some fires.
The Lebanese Army said Israel fired 40 shells into the south of the country.
Hizbullah meanwhile claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, saying "the group of the martyrs Hassan Zbeeb and Yasser Daher destroyed a military vehicle on the road of the Avivim barracks" in northern Israel, "killing and wounding those who were inside" the vehicle.
Zbeeb and Daher had been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Syria's Aqraba region on August 24.
Israel has been bracing for a possible attack by Hizbullah in response to the deadly strike and to a drone explosion blamed on Israel in Beirut's southern suburbs.
Israel and Hizbullah are bitter enemies that fought a monthlong war in 2006 that ended in a stalemate. Despite their deep hostility, they have largely refrained from direct fighting for the past 13 years.
The Israeli military said it had encouraged residents near the northern border with Lebanon to stay indoors and ordered public bomb shelters to open.
over 4 years
Never at all? Photos faked? Let me ask you about Lebanon's Constitutional Article 24 which gives half of Chamber of Deputies seats to "Christians". Noam Chomsky says half of all Lebanese are Shia. Why doesn't Hezbullah put the masses on the street to get rid of this anomaly?
over 4 years
Bless anyone person, entity, organization, brigade or country that inflicts extreme pain and unbearable suffering, death, torture, and destruction upon the iranian sectarian terrorist militia, its leaders, members, sponsors, supporters or followers wherever they may be.
over 4 years
What s the difference ? Someone hiding far away launched a few missiles then went into a deep underground tunnel
over 4 years
What is so heroic about hiding behind a tree or a wall and firing a guided missile at a vehicle?
over 4 years
And this is how Ebola contributes to our Economy...
over 4 years
LOL... yeah ok Mastica...
over 4 years
Shiisim at its most shameless
Every-Single-Article!
over 4 years
Israel and Hezbollah need each other. Nasrallah is justified by Nasrallah, and Nasrallah is justified by Netanyahu.
over 4 years
I am looking forward to see smoke engulfing dahieh. Let it rip!
over 4 years
Nasrallah and his terrorists Hizballah will learn that for every shell aimed at Israel, they will get 10 back in retaliation.
over 4 years
"The only way for Israel to really solve the problem would be to......."
have Mr. Hariri pick up the telephone to arrange to restart the 1982 peace talks, or for Bibi himself to pick up the phone to Mr. Hariri.
over 4 years
IDF says no casualties. Sonds like exactly what I wrote here a counple of days ago: Hezbollah are in a dilemma. They are scared of the prospect of war, so to save face they warn Israel in advance of the attack, and ensures Israel that they dont want a war. So a couple of hits at empty vehicles or barrack, and they can claim "revenge"
over 4 years
yep sounds like it is over.
over 4 years
yep sounds like it is over.
over 4 years
But for every shell, rocket or missile fired across the border at Israel, Israel will retaliate at the rate of at least 10 to 1.
over 4 years
lol@tric.habib
over 4 years
Where did Mystic go? Out to celebrate like he did after the assasination of Rafik Hariri? This reminds me of a soccer match when a team scores and their fans go wild....only to find out that the referee has decided it wasnt a goal afterall. There were no casualties, so the revenge for Hussain and Yasir was nothing more than firecrackers.
over 4 years
Hezbollah fired the rocket either from inisde the Lebanese border or it crossed into Israel and fired the rocket. In either case that is a clear violation of resolution 1701 that stipulated no armed presence of hezbollah or any militias south of the Litani River. Yet, aoun and hariri keep telling us Lebanon is in full compliance with UN resolution 1701.
over 4 years
excellent point!
over 4 years
How's the weather in Miami, SOS?
You know what SOS stands for in US military parlance?
over 4 years
Ayatollah Khomeini, is that you?
over 4 years
Censorship of dissenting voices is what you do before you go out of business.
Your people are brave Mastica? Liberate shebaa! Cowards!