An Israeli military helicopter flies in a military mission near the northern Israeli border with Lebanon, on Nov. 13, 2024. According to the Lebanese health ministry, the death toll in Lebanon from Israeli airstrikes since the beginning of the conflict in October last year has reached 3,287, with injuries hitting 14,222. Since Oct. 1, when Israel initiated a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon, Hezbollah has carried out 70 military operations aiming at 33 Israeli targets, killing more than 100 Israeli officers and soldiers and injuring 1,000 others. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
BEIRUT, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Hezbollah said on Wednesday afternoon that it targeted for the first time the headquarters of the Israeli defense ministry since its current conflict with Israel.
It said in a statement that it launched an air attack with a squadron of suicide drones on the Kirya base, the headquarters of the Israeli defense ministry, in the city of Tel Aviv.
It said that the attack was carried out to support the Palestinian people in Gaza, and to defend Lebanon and its people.
The Israeli army has yet to comment on the attack.
Since Sept. 23, the Israeli army has intensified its air attack on Lebanon in an escalation of conflict with Hezbollah. Israel further initiated a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon in early October.
According to the Lebanese health ministry, the death toll in Lebanon from Israeli airstrikes since the beginning of the conflict in October last year has reached 3,287, with injuries hitting 14,222. ■
An Israeli fighter jet flies toward Lebanon in a military mission, as seen from northern Israeli border with Lebanon, on Nov. 13, 2024. According to the Lebanese health ministry, the death toll in Lebanon from Israeli airstrikes since the beginning of the conflict in October last year has reached 3,287, with injuries hitting 14,222. Since Oct. 1, when Israel initiated a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon, Hezbollah has carried out 70 military operations aiming at 33 Israeli targets, killing more than 100 Israeli officers and soldiers and injuring 1,000 others. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
An Israeli fighter jet flies toward Lebanon in a military mission, as seen from northern Israeli border with Lebanon, on Nov. 13, 2024. According to the Lebanese health ministry, the death toll in Lebanon from Israeli airstrikes since the beginning of the conflict in October last year has reached 3,287, with injuries hitting 14,222. Since Oct. 1, when Israel initiated a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon, Hezbollah has carried out 70 military operations aiming at 33 Israeli targets, killing more than 100 Israeli officers and soldiers and injuring 1,000 others. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
Rescuers work amid the rubble after Israeli planes bombed a residential building in Joun, Lebanon, on Nov. 13, 2024. According to the Lebanese health ministry, the death toll in Lebanon from Israeli airstrikes since the beginning of the conflict in October last year has reached 3,287, with injuries hitting 14,222. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
A rescuer works amid the rubble after Israeli planes bombed a residential building in Joun, Lebanon, on Nov. 13, 2024. According to the Lebanese health ministry, the death toll in Lebanon from Israeli airstrikes since the beginning of the conflict in October last year has reached 3,287, with injuries hitting 14,222. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
A rescuer works amid the rubble after Israeli planes bombed a residential building in Joun, Lebanon, on Nov. 13, 2024. According to the Lebanese health ministry, the death toll in Lebanon from Israeli airstrikes since the beginning of the conflict in October last year has reached 3,287, with injuries hitting 14,222. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
Rescuers work amid the rubble after Israeli planes bombed a residential building in Joun, Lebanon, on Nov. 13, 2024. According to the Lebanese health ministry, the death toll in Lebanon from Israeli airstrikes since the beginning of the conflict in October last year has reached 3,287, with injuries hitting 14,222. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
