Hezbollah rains down rockets deep inside Israel after killing of top commander

After eight months of hostilities, the Lebanese resistance has succeeded in 'blinding' the Israeli army in the north by destroying vital intelligence facilities

News Desk - The Cradle

Hundreds of Israeli settlers in the besieged northern region were sent fleeing into bomb shelters during the early hours of 12 June as Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah launched several waves of rocket and missile salvos in retaliation for the overnight killing of top commander Talib Sami Abdallah. 

Abdallah, also known as Abu Talib, was killed in the Israeli bombing of the town of Jwaya, southern Lebanon, which resulted in a total of 4 deaths. Local reports identified Abu Talib as the highest-ranking Hezbollah field commander to be killed by Israel since 7 October.

“As part of the response to the assassination carried out by the zionist enemy in the town of Jwaya and the injury of civilians, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted the ‘Blasan’ factory for military industries specialized in armoring and protecting machinery and vehicles of the enemy army in the ‘Sasa’ settlement with guided missiles, hitting it directly,” Hezbollah said in a statement issued on Wednesday morning.

According to Israeli media, Hezbollah's retaliatory attack reached as far as the city of Tiberias and has so far involved at least 160 projectiles. Rocket sirens continued to blare into the morning across northern Israel as the Lebanese resistance kept up its wave of attacks.

Citing sources in the resistance, Israeli daily Haaretz said Wednesday's attack is the “most extensive” since the start of cross-border hostilities on 8 October. As a result of the impacts, several fires were sparked across the region.

The latest targeted assassination of a resistance commander inside Lebanon came just one day after Israeli airstrikes hit the Hermel District of northeastern Lebanon in what was described as the deepest strike inside the country since the start of the war.

Ongoing Hezbollah attacks in northern Israel have succeeded in “blinding” the Israeli army by destroying vital intelligence facilities.

Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged fire since 8 October, one day after the genocidal war in Gaza began. Israel has regularly threatened to invade Lebanon after Hezbollah attacks successfully destroyed significant Israeli military infrastructure and forced the evacuation of most settlers from the border area.

Many have stated they will not return to the northern settlements even after the war ends, threatening Israel's effort to colonize its north region further.