Hezbollah Launches Rocket Attack on Israeli Settlement
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Around 50 housing units in the Israeli Metulla settlement in the Upper al-Jalil region on the border with Lebanon were damaged overnight due to the heavy rockets launched from Lebanon, Israeli media reported on Friday.
The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom said that, since October 8, about 300 housing units have been damaged, which make up half of the units in the settlement.
"I have never seen such damage in Metulla," one settler told the newspaper.
On his part, the head of Metulla's local council, David Azoulai, noted that six to seven Burkan rockets landed in the settlement.
"There is mass destruction. I have not seen anything like this since the beginning of the war," he said.
Israeli media mentioned that yesterday's rocket launches from Lebanon caused damage to buildings in the settlement and triggered a fire in the area. An Israeli soldier was also injured in the attack.
The Israeli Channel 14 reported that nearly eight Burkan rockets caused "significant and extensive damage throughout Metulla, affecting electrical and communication cables", Al Mayadeen reported.
A Yedioth Ahronoth correspondent in the north mentioned that the Metulla settlement is now in an "Alta" scenario, where there is no electricity or communication due to the heavy rockets that landed in the settlement.
An Israeli media platform also pointed out that the Israeli military has declared a complete "media blackout" in northern settlements, preventing anyone from entering or filming.
On Friday, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah announced that its fighters struck a position of Israeli occupation soldiers at the Metulla site on the border with occupied Palestine with a guided missile.
A few hours earlier, on Thursday, Hezbollah targeted buildings used by Israeli soldiers in the Metulla settlement with unnamed "appropriate weapons" and hit them directly, in response to Israeli assaults on southern Lebanese villages and homes. The Lebanese Resistance group also shelled the Metulla site with a barrage of Falaq rockets.
Thursday's 17 operations came despite Israel's terror attack against Lebanon, where it detonated thousands of booby-trapped wireless communication devices across the country, which led to the martyrdom of 37 people and injured nearly 3,000 others.