The Israel Defense Forces said an explosion was heard in Caesarea on Saturday morning after a drone launched from Lebanon crashed into a building in the city. No injuries have been reported so far.
Police arrived and located the scene of the fall. Around the same time, sirens rang in Tel Aviv, but Israeli media reported that no notifications were sent to the Home Front Command app for users in the region.
Two other drones launched in parallel were also reportedly intercepted. The incident triggered an alert at Grillot Military Base, but the military later determined that the drone was not in the area.
Israeli media reported on Saudi TV’s al-Hadath news channel that one of the drones headed for Caesarea was targeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence. The prime minister’s office issued a statement saying Netanyahu and his wife were not at the scene and no other casualties were reported.
Iraq’s Islamic resistance group insists on attacking north, vows escalationEarlier on Saturday, Iraq’s Islamic Resistance Movement claimed credit after a drone launched from the east was spotted crashing in the Golan Heights. Caesarea (Credit: FLICKR)
The Israel Defense Forces reported the crash after sirens sounded in the area, noting that the drone entered Israel from Syria and that no injuries were reported in the crash.
Iraq’s Islamic resistance forces have vowed to further intensify.
Late Saturday morning, a drone alert was activated in Gan Yassia, Ores, Amets, Bat Hefer, Yad Hana, and Barotaim in Emek Hefer in western Netanya.
No damage or casualties were reported, and the IDF said it was investigating the details of the incident.
Around 7 a.m., drone sirens sounded again in Kiryat Yam and many other parts of the Haifa region, and half an hour later, more sirens sounded in Tiberias and surrounding areas of the city.
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Israeli media reported that two young men suffered light to moderate injuries from shrapnel in a barrage of rockets aimed at Haifa and Western Galilee.
Additionally, a rocket crashed in Kiryat Ata, causing property damage and damaging a car parked next to a residence. No injuries were reported.
The Israel Defense Forces announced that 55 launches were detected from Lebanon toward Israel between 10:22 and 10:37 a.m.
Jerusalem Post Office staff contributed to this report.
