West Asia crisis: Drone from Lebanon launched toward Israeli PM Netanyahu's residence
File photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Saturday (Oct 19) that a drone was launched toward his residence in Caesareaon Saturday after the military reported a drone from Lebanon had "hit a structure" in the central Israeli town.
In a statement, Netanyahu's office said that he and his wife were not at home at the time of the attack.
There were no injuries reported."A UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) was launched toward the prime minister's residence in Caesarea. The prime minister and his wife were not at the location, and there were no injuries in the incident," Netanyahu's office said in the statement.
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The Israeli military said three drones had been fired from Lebanon on Saturday and it had intercepted two.
A barrage of projectiles were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel on Saturday, with sirens blaring across northern Israel at regular intervals.
Lebanese authorities meanwhile said two people were killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday in Jounieh, north of Beirut, in the first strike on the area since Hezbollah and Israel started trading fire last year, the news agency AFP reported.
The conflict between Israel and Iran-aligned Lebanese militant group Hezbollahresumed a year ago when the militant group began firing rockets at Israel in support of Palestinian militants Hamas at the start of the Gaza war.
It has escalated sharply in recent weeks.
'Hezbollah has lost 1,500 men'
On Friday, Israeli military chief Lt Gen Herzi Halevi said that Hezbollah lost 1,500 of its men in Israeli airstrikes.
"We estimate that we are at around 1,500Hezbollahoperatives killed and our estimates are conservative, I assume there are more we don't know of, (killed) in many airstrikes," Lt Gen Halevi said.
"There is great damage, an entire chain of command is being wiped out.Hezbollahis hiding its fatalities, it is hiding dead commanders," he added.
(With inputs from agencies)