A drone launched by the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah hit Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Caesarea, north of Tel Aviv, amid an interception failure.
The website of the Times of Israel newspaper said on Saturday that one of the three drones fired at Israel from Lebanon earlier this morning targeted “Netanyahu’s private residence in the coastal city of Caesarea, southern Haifa.”
Posts on Israeli social media also said the building that was hit in the attack was “part of Netanyahu’s house.”
Israeli media declined to provide further details on the extent of damage and possible casualties following a ban by the military.
“Hezbollah UAV reportedly struck what’s believed to be Benjamin Netanyahu’s private home in Caesarea,” reports said, claiming, “Netanyahu wasn’t present, and no injuries were reported.”
The Israeli occupation forces admitted that the regime’s air defenses were unable to intercept the drone as it pierced through occupied territories.
“A major failure [occurred] in an interception operation as an infiltrating drone flew right beside the military helicopter searching for it on the outskirts of occupied Haifa,” Israeli media reported.
Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen news channel cited the Israeli military as saying that three drones made their way from Lebanon to Haifa, with only two being detected and intercepted.
The news channel added that the third one, however, struck a building in Caesarea accurately and eyewitnesses confirmed that the explosion was huge.
“Sirens blared in military bases in the Glilot settlement in northern Tel Aviv after the drone entered occupied airspace. However, for the first time ever, sirens went off in Tel Aviv without being activated on the internal front’s mobile application. Thus, settlers were not notified of any evacuation orders,” al-Mayadeen reported.
The Israeli occupation army said the drone kept hovering overhead for an hour before striking the building, describing the event as “a tough morning.”
The regime’s media have been censored and prohibited from disclosing information regarding the Hezbollah attack.
