Hezbollah says it targeted the Ashdod naval base in southern Israel “for the first time”, adding that it conducted an operation against a “military target” in Tel Aviv using advanced missiles and strike drones.The Israeli ambulance service announced on Sunday that three people were wounded in Petah Tikva, east of Tel Aviv, as a result of rockets launched from Lebanon.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on these claims, but earlier reported air raid sirens in central and northern areas, including the Tel Aviv suburbs. The military said it intercepted a number of the about 55 projectiles fired at northern Israel.
The attacks come a day after Israel killed at least 20 people in a strike in central Beirut. At least 66 others were wounded, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned it as an assault on US-led ceasefire efforts, calling it a “direct, bloody message rejecting all efforts and ongoing contacts” to end the war.
“(Israel is) again writing in Lebanese blood a brazen rejection of the solution that is being discussed,” a statement from his office read.
Meanwhile, the European Union’s top diplomat called for more pressure on both Israel and Hezbollah to reach a deal, saying one was “pending with a final agreement from the Israeli government”.
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