Iranian state media on Monday said that the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has struck sensitive military sites in Israel. The attack comes as Israel is on high alert for an attack by Iran and its proxies following the killings of senior figures from Hamas and Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group. Iran had vowed last month that Israel would be punished for the death of Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian Hamas’ political wing chief and Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah military commander.
Hezbollah, according to a report by Iranian state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), said it targeted the Israeli army’s technical and espionage equipment at the al-Samaqa, Ramia and Misgav Am sites. It also said it also attacked a group of Israeli troops near a military site near the settlement of Matat in a missile strike.
Israeli officials earlier said that they fended off an attack from Hamas after the group claimed responsibility for firing two M90 rockets at Tel Aviv, their first attack on the Israeli commercial hub since May.
“Al-Qassam Brigades bombarded the city of Tel Aviv and its suburbs with two M90 missiles in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians and the deliberate displacement of our people,” a statement by the group said.
The Israeli authorities said the rocket fired from the war-torn Gaza Strip fell in the sea off Israel’s Tel Aviv.
“A short while ago, a projectile that was identified crossing from the Gaza Strip fell in the maritime space in central Israel,” an army statement said.
Earlier in August, it was reported that Iran and armed groups that are part of the so-called “Axis of Resistance” — a loose alliance of Tehran-backed groups hostile to Israel — met in Tehran where representatives discussed coordinated action meant to deter Israel but avert all-out war, after the killings of Haniyeh and Shukr.
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