The Israeli military reported that Hezbollah fired some 250 rockets from Lebanon on Sunday evening, the 24th of November, in one of the heaviest Israeli shelling since fighting intensified in September, injuring several people and damaging buildings in northern and central Israel, some near Tel Aviv, Israeli police said, according to the British broadcaster BBC.
The attacks followed an Israeli air strike on central Beirut on Saturday that killed 29 people, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said that a direct hit in one neighbourhood had left “homes in flames and rubble”. Israeli media reported that rockets fell near Tel Aviv and in some northern districts of Haifa, Nahariya and Kfar Blum.
Hezbollah, which previously vowed to respond to attacks on Beirut by striking Tel Aviv, said it had fired precision missiles at two military sites in and near the city.
Later, the IDF announced that it had completed attacks on 12 Hezbollah command centres in Dahieh, the group’s stronghold in Beirut’s southern suburbs. The IDF has not commented further on Saturday’s attack in Beirut, but Israeli media reported that it was an attempt to assassinate senior Hezbollah official Mohammed Haydar.
Also on Sunday, Israeli media widely reported that Israel and Lebanon were close to a ceasefire agreement to end fighting with the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.
Israeli public broadcaster Kan, citing Israeli and US officials, reported that Israel had given the green light to the US-proposed ceasefire agreement with Lebanon, but noted that there were still some loopholes.
Hezbollah fires 250 rockets into Israel after deadly strikes in Beirut, reports progress on ceasefire
