Netanyahu’s residence targeted by Hezbollah drone
Iran’s FM: Israel’s policies turn region into powder keg
Israel said a drone targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence on Saturday, as Hezbollah launched a barrage of projectiles into the occupied territories.
Netanyahu’s office claimed that the prime minister and his wife were not at their residence in the central town of Caesarea during the drone attack and there were no injuries.
Israel has not said whether the targeted building was part of the Netanyahu’s residence nor the extent of any damage.
The Israeli occupation forces admitted that the regime’s air defenses were unable to intercept the drone as it pierced through occupied territories.
Netanyahu’s warmongering policies have led to deaths of nearly 45,000 people in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon over the past year.
Possibility of all-out war
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned of the possibility of an ever-expanding war in the West Asia region, describing as a “powder keg” the situation in the strategic area following Israel’s heightened escalation in the besieged Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon.
Araghchi made the remarks after discussing various regional and bilateral issues with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on the sidelines of the meeting of the 3+3 South Caucasus Regional Cooperation Platform in Istanbul on Saturday.
“The region has turned into a powder keg, which can put the world in grave danger, and the possibility of war is still high and no one wants this except the Zionist regime, but we are ready for any scenario,” he added.
Araghchi censured Israel as the “most important source of insecurity” across the globe and said the regime did not scruple to breach international law.
Fidan, for his part, said Tel Aviv is trying to drag Tehran into the war and threatens to target Iran’s nuclear facilities.
“We do not want war and we must exercise restraint. A truce should be declared in Gaza and Israel must abandon any threats and aggression.”
Hezbollah’s attacks
Hezbollah said on Saturday that it fired rockets at northern Israel, including at a military base near the city of Haifa on Saturday.
The group also said it fired a rocket salvo on the northern town of Safid after the Israeli occupation army reported 115 projectiles launched from Lebanon on Saturday.
Late last month, Israel dramatically stepped up its air strikes on Lebanon and sent in ground forces after nearly a year of cross-border exchanges.
Since late September, the war has left at least 1,418 people dead in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally of Lebanese health ministry figures, though the real toll is likely higher.
Israel also hammered Gaza with air strikes, with an overnight raid on Jabalia in the north killing 33 people.
Gaza’s civil defense agency said Saturday more than 400 Palestinians were killed in the north of the territory over the past two weeks during an ongoing military assault Israel. The regime’s strikes have claimed the lives of more than 42,500 Palestinians since October 2023.