Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private residence in northern Israel was targeted by Hezbollah on Saturday. As per reports, the residence in Caesarea was targeted in a drone attack from Lebanon early in the morning.
New footage from Akka emerges of the drone that made direct impact on Netanyahu's home in "Caesarea" earlier today, evading all detection. pic.twitter.com/1bf4BknKkg
— 🇱🇧 (@leb313shihin) October 19, 2024
The PMO issued a statement confirming the attack at the PM’s residence. The statement added that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara were not home at the time of the attack and that there were no injuries in the incident.
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 19, 2024
A Hezbollah launched drone flies directly above an Israeli helicopter.
This was an attempted strike on PM Netanyahu’s home in the Mediterranean town of Caesarea.
The PM and his wife were not there and there were no casualties in the incident. pic.twitter.com/2b1PZEHw8U
As per reports, the drone slammed into a building, causing an explosion. Two other drones launched from Lebanon at the same time were interpreted by Israeli forces. However, one drone was not intercepted and it crashed into the residence of the PM.
בשעה האחרונה, חצו לשטח הארץ מלבנון שלושה כלי טיס בלתי מאוישים.
— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) October 19, 2024
שניים מכלי הטיס יורטו.
כלי טיס נוסף פגע במבנה בקיסריה, אין נפגעים.
בעקבות האירוע, הופעלו התרעות במחנה גלילות.
נשלל החשד להימצאות כלי טיס עוין במרחב.
האירוע מתוחקר.
A social media post by Israeli Air Force said, ‘In the last hour, three unmanned aircraft crossed into the country from Lebanon. Two of the aircraft were intercepted. Another aircraft hit a building in Caesarea, no injuries.’
After the incident, alerts were activated in the Gilolit camp. However, later it was confirmed that there were no more enemy drones in the air. IAF added that the incident is being investigated.
