Index – Abroad – A drone attack on Benjamin Netanyahu’s house was also confirmed by the Israeli authorities

The conflict in the Middle East has reportedly reached a new level after drones targeted and bombed the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Caesarea in northern Israel. Dzazira.

The newspaper reported that they watched several video clips published by Caesarea residents of the attack on Netanyahu’s residence. The extent of the attack has not been reported, but it is certain that neither the Prime Minister nor his family were at the property when the attack occurred.

According to the Qatar-based media company, the area has been closed off and the Israeli army has imposed very strict censorship and restrictions on Israeli media. Air raid sirens were not even said to have sounded in the city, although neighboring areas, including Haifa, did not hear it. As they write, Hezbollah is using the tactic of launching drones and missiles together against different targets to avoid detection.

Many businessmen and politicians live in the region, and, moreover, many strategic powers and assets are concentrated, including military bases and oil refineries.

The Israeli security services consider the drone attack in Caesarea a very serious security failure, and an investigation has been opened into the security vulnerabilities.

Israeli Army Radio quoted an Israeli security source as saying:

A Reuters Meanwhile, he wrote, referring to Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman, that a drone had indeed been launched from Lebanon towards the Prime Minister's residence, but no information had been provided about whether it had collided with the Prime Minister's residence. But the Israeli statement confirmed Al Jazeera's reports that the Prime Minister was not at home at the time of the attack.

According to the spokesman, the drone hit a building in Cesaria, but there were no casualties. The Israeli army said that two other drones were seized.

The Israeli army announced the seizure of two other drones, and said that no one was harmed.

Many civilians died

The attack came after an Israeli air strike early Friday killed at least 33 people, including 21 women, in a refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, authorities in the Hamas-controlled area said.

More than 85 people were injured, some seriously, when the homes of three families in the camp were bombed. In the video clip circulating on social media – which BBC Unverified – Bodies apparently wrapped in white shrouds can be seen scattered in the courtyard of Al Awda Hospital. Israel, whose forces have besieged the densely populated camp for weeks, had no immediate comment on the attack on Jabalia.

Rescue teams are still trying to recover the dead and wounded from Jabalia. The hospital wards are completely full and many injured people are receiving treatment upstairs

The hospital director spoke to the press about the wounded.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least 42,519 people have been killed and 99,637 others injured in Israeli military attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, but it is important to emphasize that these numbers are incorrect according to Israel, as the Palestinian Authority deaths are also included. , those who did not die as a result of the attacks.

(Cover photo: Israeli emergency personnel arrive at the scene after the crash of a drone launched from Lebanon on October 19, 2024. Photo: Amir Levy/Getty Images)