The origin of the shots was not specified. Israeli President Isaac Herzog condemned the incident and warned “an escalation of violence in the public sphere”.
Two flares landed in front of the private residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was not at the scene in Caesarea in the center of the country, Israeli security services announced on Saturday, citing a «grave incident».
“Around 7:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. GMT), two flares landed in the courtyard in front of the prime minister’s residence”the police and the Shin Bet, the domestic intelligence service, said in a joint statement. “The prime minister and his family were not in the house”they added, referring to “a serious incident” et “a dangerous escalation”.
The origin of the shots was not specified. Israeli President Isaac Herzog condemned the incident and warned “an escalation of violence in the public sphere”. “I just spoke with the head of the Shin Bet and insisted on the urgency of investigating” and to place the authors before their responsibilities “as soon as possible”he said on X.
On October 22, a drone was fired in the direction of this same residence and hit a «structure» from Caesarea, the prime minister’s office said. Also absent at that time, Benjamin Netanyahu then accused “Hezbollah, ally of Iran”to have “tent” to murder him and his wife, ensuring that they “pay a high price”. Three days later, the Lebanese Islamist movement, supported by Tehran, claimed responsibility for the attack.
“We announce our full and sole responsibility for the Caesarea operation (…) which targeted the war criminal Netanyahu”declared Mohammad Afif, head of media relations for the movement. Israel launched a military offensive in Lebanon in September in order to neutralize Hezbollah in the border regions of the south of the country and thus allow the return, to the north of its own territory, of inhabitants displaced by more than a year of fire. rockets.
The Lebanese movement launched on October 8, 2023 a “support front” to Hamas, the day after the unprecedented attack on October 7 by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil, which triggered the war in Gaza.
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