Hezbollah-affiliated media claimed three drones infiltrated Israel, while at least one was reportedly intercepted.
By United with Israel and JNS
Multiple injuries were reported Tuesday after Hezbollah fired drones into the Western Galilee region of Israel.
According to the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, at least 19 people were injured, including one person in critical condition and another who was moderately injured.
According to reports, two drones were launched into Israel and only one of them was intercepted. The drone that hit landed in Mazra’a, an Arab town between Acre and Nahariya, after crossing the border from Lebanon.
Magen David Adom emergency service medics and paramedics treated the victims at the scene for shrapnel injuries. They were then transported to the Galilee Medical Center, according to an MDA update.
MDA paramedics told Channel 13: “We saw the man sitting in the car unconscious and suffering from a severe head injury from a shrapnel hit and another injured woman was near the parking lot where she is fully conscious and suffering from shrapnel injuries to her limbs. We gave the man medical treatment that included resuscitation and medication and evacuated him in an MDA intensive-care vehicle to the hospital in very serious condition. Another injured woman was evacuated from the scene in mild-to-moderate condition.”
The Beirut-based Al Mayadeen TV news channel, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, said that three drones infiltrated Israeli territory in the latest wave of attacks.
At least one drone was intercepted by Israeli air defenses, according to Israeli media reports.
Rocket and drone alerts sounded in the Western Galilee and Acre areas. Footage circulating on social media appeared to show a drone flying over Nahariya and Acre.
CCTV captured the moment that the suicide drone slammed into the road in Mazra’a. According to reports, a vehicle was directly hit. The footage appears to show cars driving very close to the point of impact.
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The drone attacks came shortly after the Israel Defense Forces said that the Israeli Air Force struck a Hezbollah “military” structure in the area of Nabatiyeh in Southern Lebanon that was used by several terrorists to advance attacks against Israel.
Additionally, the IAF struck a Hezbollah “military” structure in the area of Khiam.
Earlier on Tuesday, Lebanon’s health ministry said that four people were killed in an alleged Israeli strike in the Southern Lebanese town of Maifadoun. A security source told AFP that they were all Hezbollah terrorists.
The IDF said on Monday evening that the IAF struck Hezbollah terrorist Ali Jamal Aldin Jawad, a commander in the Radwan force, in the area of Ebba in Southern Lebanon.
An IDF officer and soldier were moderately wounded when a Hezbollah drone launched from Lebanon scored a direct hit near Ayelet HaShahar in the Hula Valley overnight on Sunday.
Hezbollah has attacked northern Israel nearly every day since joining the war in support of Gaza-based Hamas on Oct. 8, killing more than 20 people and causing widespread damage. Tens of thousands of Israeli civilians remain internally displaced due to the ongoing violence.