2024-01-11 07:46:34
The Israeli newspaper “Haaretz” reported on Thursday that “Hezbollah is sniping at Israeli homes using anti-tank missiles,” in a first of its kind.
In its report, Haaretz said: “On Sunday, shortly before dark, a hotel in Metulla was subjected to a direct hit by an anti-tank missile fired by Hezbollah, and among the dozens of anti-tank missiles that were fired at the town since the beginning of the war, it was “This is the twelfth building to be hit directly.”
She pointed out, “The picture is similar in the Manara area, where out of the 30 anti-tank missiles that were fired at the kibbutz, 10 buildings, including the dining hall kitchen, were directly hit.”
The report explained, “Since October 7, Hezbollah has fired mortar shells and rockets, as well as continuous artillery, at Israeli army forward positions and border towns, but what particularly stands out in the current round of fighting is the high proportion of anti-tank missiles being fired.” From Lebanon,” pointing out that “Hezbollah’s use of this precise weapon, especially against civilian targets, is unprecedented in Israel and perhaps in the world.”
The report added, “120 out of 600 homes in Metulla were damaged in their surroundings, and it is not clear how many buildings were damaged by other means, or even by shock waves from Israeli army artillery.”
Local council president David Azoulay said: “We don’t know for sure, because we haven’t been there yet. The whole area is within range.”
This is while 80 out of 155 homes in Kibbutz Manara were damaged by shrapnel and shock waves, according to community manager Yochai Wolfin.
The list of communities hit by anti-tank missiles and damage to civilian infrastructure is long and extends along the entire Lebanese border, and Haaretz newspaper obtained figures indicating that dozens of homes, public buildings, chicken coops, businesses and vehicles were hit by this fire in Moshavim Avivim, Doviv, Zarit and Shtula. , kibbutzim Misgav Am, Sasa and other towns.
According to Haaretz, “The range of anti-tank missiles fired from Lebanon at civilian targets in the Galilee region, adjacent to the Golan Heights, reaches Moshav Beit Hillel, located four kilometers (2.5 miles) from the border, and Kibbutz Kfar Solid in the Hula Valley.” , six kilometers from the border, and whose residents have not been evacuated.”
“Hezbollah is one of the leading organizations in the world that uses anti-tank missiles against non-military targets,” said Dotan Rockman, a security officer for the Upper Galilee Regional Authority, where communities were directly hit. “The big change that is happening now is that the organization is using this as a weapon.” Sniper… We told them that it is possible to launch missiles from an Apache helicopter through the window of the building, so they are now firing anti-tank missiles through a window from a long distance… nine kilometers.”
Earlier, Naim Qassem, Deputy Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, confirmed that “Lebanon’s front with Israel is a reaction,” explaining that “there is no room to talk about stopping the defensive war because it is a result of the war on Gaza.”
The head of the “Loyalty to the Resistance” bloc in the Lebanese Parliament (Hezbollah), MP Muhammad Raad, also sent a message to Tel Aviv, stressing that the party “prepared for them what they had never imagined.”
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