Hezbollah targets Israeli naval base in Haifa after deadly drone strike

The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has launched a retaliatory attack on the Israeli naval base in Haifa, amid the regime's ongoing aggression against Lebonan.

Hezbollah rockets targeted the Stella Maris base of the Zionist regime in the occupied port of Haifa on Monday.

The group said in a statement that the operation aimed to support the steadfast Palestinian nation and its valiant and noble resistance in the Gaza Strip and to defend Lebanon and its people against the ongoing Israeli aggression.

It added that the operation, which had been codenamed "Labeyk ya Nasrallah", was also a tribute to Hezbollah’s martyred leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

The statement noted that Hezbollah forces also targeted other Israeli military positions, including in the occupied Shebaa Farms. The Israeli forces reportedly sustained heavy casualties in these attacks.

In another statement, Hezbollah said it launched a ‘big rocket salvo’ at the northern occupied town of Safed.

The resistance group said the operation was “in defense of Lebanon” and in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanese cities, villages and civilians.

Hezbollah keeps up retaliatory attacks on Israeli targets with drones, missiles

The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah continues with its retaliatory strikes on Israeli targets.

On Sunday night, Hezbollah fighters had targeted the training base of the Golani Brigade in the Benyamina area, south of the occupied port of Haifa, killing four occupation forces and wounding dozens of others.

The Israeli army chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi visited the Golani Brigade’s training camp in Binyamina on Monday, telling the soldiers stationed there that “we are at war, and an attack on a training base on the home front is difficult and the results are painful.”

Israeli forces and Hezbollah have been engaged in fighting since the Zionist regime launched its genocidal war on Gaza in 2023. However, late last month, the Israeli forces intensified their strikes on Lebanon and eventually Tel Aviv sent ground troops to cross the UN-monitored buffer zone on the border into Southern Lebanon.

In response, Hezbollah has increased its retaliatory strikes against Israeli targets and vowed to continue its fight in support of Gaza and Palestine, and in defense of Lebanon.

UN chief: Israeli attacks on UNIFIL 'may constitute a war crime'

The UN chief strongly condemns attacks on peacekeepers in southern Lebanon as a violation of international law and a war crime.

Meanwhile, during the zionists' aggression, Israeli tanks targeted UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, wounding two of them.

On Sunday, the spokesman for the UN chief quoted Antonio Guterres saying that the Israeli attacks “may constitute a war crime.”

"UNIFIL personnel and its premises must never be targeted," Stephane Dujarric said, referring to the blue-helmeted international force. "Attacks against peacekeepers are in breach of international law... (and) may constitute a war crime."

The UNIFIL force, which consists of a total of 10,058 peacekeeping troops from 50 countries, was created by the United Nations Security Council in March 1978 to restore and maintain peace and security in Southern Lebanon.

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