Heavy missile launch towards Golan Heights

Published July 9th, 2024 - 04:53 GMT
Golan Heights
Vehicles leave an area engulfed by smoke from fires after rockets launched from southern Lebanon hit areas in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, on July 4, 2024. AFP
Highlights
Hezbollah described the operation as a response to Israeli attacks, including an assassination carried out on the Damascus-Beirut road in Al-Saboura, which resulted in the deaths of two Hezbollah members in the Damascus countryside near Lebanese borders
A missile fired by Hezbollah struck an Israeli vehicle, killing two people inside the occupied Syrian Golan. This attack was a swift response to the assassination of a Hezbollah member in Syria.

ALBAWABA- A heavy missile was launched toward the Golan Heights, and the sounds of dozens of explosions were heard in the area. According to Israeli media, about 30 missiles were launched during the last prayer in the Golan, resulting in two fires. Sirens were reported in Ortel, north of the Golan.

A man and a woman were killed in the north due to an intensive missile attack launched by Hezbollah, as reported by Magen David Adom. Videos circulated online show scenes from the site of the missile landing in the Golan, where an Israeli man and woman were killed.

A missile fired by Hezbollah struck an Israeli vehicle, killing two people inside the occupied Syrian Golan. This attack was a swift response to the assassination of a Hezbollah member in Syria. 

Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that its fighters targeted the headquarters of the Golan Division "210" at the Nafah base with dozens of "Katyusha" rockets. 

Hezbollah described the operation as a response to Israeli attacks, including an assassination carried out on the Damascus-Beirut road in Al-Saboura, which resulted in the deaths of two Hezbollah members in the Damascus countryside near the Lebanese border. Footage on social media showed the vehicle in flames.

AFP, citing Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reported that "at least two people were killed and one was wounded in an Israeli drone strike on a Hezbollah car."

 

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