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<div class="gmail-inner-article-top"><h1 class="gmail-">Hezbollah attacks Israeli army's Tel Aviv HQ twice in one day</h1><p class="gmail-">Known
as 'The Campus,' the Kirya base in densely populated Tel Aviv has
served as the Israeli army's headquarters since its founding in 1948 </p><div class="gmail-another-name"><p><a href="https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9" style="color:rgb(164,4,4)">News Desk</a></p></div><div class="gmail-another-name" style="margin-top:16px"><p><span>NOV 13, 2024 -<font size="1"> </font></span><font size="1"><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/hezbollah-attacks-israeli-armys-tel-aviv-hq-twice-in-one-day">https://thecradle.co/articles/hezbollah-attacks-israeli-armys-tel-aviv-hq-twice-in-one-day</a></font></p></div></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-img"><img src="http://thecradle-main.oss-eu-central-1.aliyuncs.com/public/articles/8f3fa95e-a1eb-11ef-98be-00163e02c055.jpeg" alt="" width="425" height="239" style="margin-right: 0px;"><span>(Photo credit: Tamar Matsafi)</span></div><div class="gmail-inner-article-content"><div class="gmail-row"><div class="gmail-col-md-8 gmail-col-sm-7"><div class="gmail-article-content"><span><p>Hezbollah
announced on 13 November it had successfully targeted the Israeli
military’s Kirya base in Tel Aviv, home to the Defense Ministry, General
Staff, War Room, and Air Force Command and Control Center, twice in the
same day.</p><p>“The Islamic Resistance launched, for the first time,
an aerial operation with a squadron of qualitative assault drones
targeting the Kirya Base … in Tel Aviv, hitting their targets precisely
at 3:30 pm on Wednesday,” a statement from Hezbollah said.</p><p>Israeli media denied the report, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-claims-it-targeted-idfs-tel-aviv-hq-with-drones-no-such-indications/">claiming,</a> “There is currently no indication that any drones reached central Israel or came near army headquarters.”</p><p>The
Islamic resistance movement later issued a second statement saying that
it struck the Kirya base a second time, at 6:15 pm, with Qader 2
ballistic missiles, which hit “their targets precisely.”</p><p>Hezbollah
also announced the targeting Wednesday of the Glilot Base, the
headquarters of the Military Intelligence Unit 8200, in the suburbs of
Tel Aviv, with a qualitative missile barrage.</p><p>The Islamic resistance movement successfully <a href="https://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/justice-law/735516/resistance-bombards-glilot-base-in-tel-aviv">targeted</a> the Glilot Base base two weeks ago, on 2 November.</p><p>A
squadron of Hezbollah attack drones Hezbollah also targeted Israel’s
Amos base on Wednesday. The base is an important transport and
technology readiness hub for Israel’s northern region, located 55 km
from the Lebanese-Israel border.</p><p>Almost two months after the start
of Israel’s massive bombing campaign targeting Lebanon, Hezbollah
remains capable of striking military targets deep with Israel while
repelling the ongoing Israeli ground invasion of the country.</p><p>Israeli
forces have been able to destroy many Lebanese villages near the
Israeli border area but have not been able to breach Hezbollah’s first
line of defenses, while taking heavy casualties.</p><p>Earlier Wednesday, Hebrew media outlets <a href="https://arabic.rt.com/middle_east/1619082-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-7-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AD/">reported</a>
a “very difficult incident” in which several Israeli troops were killed
in southern Lebanon, coming as Tel Aviv has recently announced an
expansion of its ground operation in the country. </p><p><a href="https://t.me/thecradlemedia/24127">According</a>
to Sky News Arabia, nine Israeli soldiers were killed in a
booby-trapped building in south Lebanon, and others were wounded. The
soldiers were in the building when the explosives were detonated.</p><p>On
Tuesday, the Israeli army announced it had begun the second phase of
its ground operation in southern Lebanon in an effort to advance toward
Hezbollah’s second line of defense.</p><p>“The Israeli army has
initiated the second phase of the ground maneuver in southern Lebanon,
with the 36th Division advancing toward Hezbollah’s second defensive
line,” Israeli newspaper<i> Maariv</i> <a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-begins-2nd-phase-of-ground-operation-in-southern-lebanon-report/3392188">reported.</a></p><p>In response, Hezbollah <a href="https://www.al-akhbar.com/Politics/387543/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%88-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B8%D8%A7">announced</a>
that the Israeli army’s decision “will only lead to disappointment, and
its inevitable harvest will be more losses and failures; ‘Our
mujahideen are waiting.'"</p><p>“The resistance has taken all measures
within its defensive plans to enable it to fight a long battle to
prevent the enemy from achieving its goals,” the Islamic resistance
movement added.</p></span></div></div></div></div>
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