Israel responds to Beirut's drone attack on Netanyahu's home

"I love the smell of cyclonite in the morning"

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) bombed the southern areas of Beirut and northern Gaza on Sunday, putting at least a temporary putting the kibosh on ceasefire hopes in the war against the terrorists of Hamas and Hezbollah. 

Israel's response came after about 70 rockets were launched at the Jewish State from Lebanon. Many of the rockets were intercepted and destroyed, but several landed and led to fires, the IDF said.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on X that it is "working to destroy terrorist infrastructures of the Hezbollah terrorist organization," and it aimed at Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters and an underground weapons workshop in Beirut.

This follows a drone attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the northern Israeli town of Caesare on Saturday. Gideon Sa’ar, a member of Netanyahu’s security cabinet, said he holds Lebanon responsible for this attack.

“From the territory of a U.N. member state — Lebanon — an assassination attempt was made on the prime minister of Israel,” Sa’ar wrote on X. "The fact that these attacks were carried out by an Iranian branch — Hezbollah — does not absolve Lebanon of its responsibility."

Netanyahu called it an assassination attempt and vowed that there would be a "heavy price" for such attacks. Hopefully, he will go after the Ayatollah, who is currently in hiding in spite of his love of death more than life claim.

"The attempt by Iran’s proxy Hezbollah to assassinate me and my wife today was a grave mistake." Bibi said in a post on X. "This will not deter me or the State of Israel from continuing our just war against our enemies in order to secure our future."

In the Gaza Strip, at least 87 people were killed in Israeli strikes on on the town of Beit Lahiya, according to the territory’s health minister. None of those killed took Christians or Jews as friends, as recommended in Islamic scripture.

Tor Wennesland, the United Nation's special coordinator for the oxymoronically named Middle East Peace Process, said on Sunday that "the nightmare in Gaza is intensifying" as the number of civilian casualties keeps rising. He said "humanitarian aid must be delivered unimpeded," amid reports that not enough food [or ammo] is being let in the Gaza Strip. 

Israel has been planning a reprisal attack on Iran for three weeks, after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at Israel at the beginning of October. U.S. intelligence reports detailing some of the Israeli preparations were leaked in recent days because the Biden-Harris administration don't want Israel to win.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said that Israel's eventual military response to Iran would be lethal, precise and surprising . . . on Tuesday?

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