David’s Slingstone Saves the Day: Hezbollah’s Missile Attack on Mossad HQ Foiled in Dramatic Fashion

[마르자윤(레바논)=신화/뉴시스]Thick smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in Marjayoun, Lebanon, on the 23rd. Local TV channel Al-Jadeed reported that Israel launched an air strike on a residential building in a populated area south of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on the 24th. 2024.09.24. According to the Israeli authorities, this is the first time that sirens have sounded in several cities in Israel since October 7 last year, when the war between Israel and Hamas began. The exact damage, including casualties, that occurred while the Israeli army intercepted the missile on the 25th is not.

After the interception became known, Hezbollah announced that it had attacked the center of Israel, where the headquarters of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, is located. Mossad is an intelligence agency that has been identified as leading the entire process of producing calls that exploded throughout Lebanon, Hezbollah’s stronghold, to terrorism. Hezbollah said it launched the missile in response to a pager explosion and the killing of a terrorist commander.

Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets and drones targeting northern Israel from Lebanon since the conflict began between Israel and Hamas in October last year. However, CNN assessed that it was unusual to launch a missile towards Tel Aviv, which serves as Israel’s administrative capital.

[키암=AP/뉴시스] Smoke rises from the village of Kiam in southern Lebanon on the 24th (local time) following an Israeli airstrike. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a military intelligence center on this day and announced that he would continue to attack Hezbollah, saying, “Our war partner is Hezbollah, not the Lebanese people.” 2024.9.25. As Hezbollah launches a vicious campaign following Israel’s callous terror attack and large-scale airstrikes, fears are mounting that an all-out war will break out between the two sides. After a missile was launched from Lebanon on the 25th, the Israeli army sent a message in Arabic to Lebanese residents, warning them, “For your safety, do not return home until further notice.” This means that additional missile attacks will continue towards Lebanon.

The Hezbollah missile attack was carried out after Israel carried out airstrikes on at least 1,300 locations, including southern Lebanon, on the 23rd, killing around 500 people, including children, and injuring around 1,650. An analysis showed that the casualties caused by the air strike on the 23rd were the highest daily deaths in Lebanon since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October last year.