Lebanon Targets Israeli Mountain Base in Largest Air Attack: Tens of Thousands of Residents Displaced
Lebanon's Hezbollah movement launched its "largest" air operation on Sunday, targeting a mountaintop Israeli military intelligence base in the annexed Golan Heights with explosive drones. This incident marks a significant escalation in the ongoing cross-border exchanges of fire that have raised global alarm. Hezbollah, an Iran-backed ally of Hamas, has been engaged in almost daily exchanges of fire with Israeli forces since the Palestinian militant group's attack on Israel on October 7, which ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. Announcing the major operation, Hezbollah stated that its fighters dispatched "multiple, successive squadrons of drones to target the reconnaissance centre" on Mount Hermon. The Israeli military reported that an explosive drone "fell in an open area in the Mount Hermon area," with no injuries reported. The attack, which Hezbollah described as part of its "response" to the killing of an operative in a strike deep
