A source close to Hezbollah says that Ibrahim Aqil and other senior Hezbollah commanders, who were assassinated last Friday in an IDF strike in Beirut, were studying "plans for a ground operation in the heart of the occupied territories" in response to the mass explosion of Hezbollah pagers and walkie talkies last week, according to Al-Monitor.
This report aligns with IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari's statement that the commanders killed in Friday's raid were masterminds ... behind Hezbollah's plan to execute an attack on northern Israel" which would have included the murder and kidnapping of Israeli citizens, much like Hamas' attack on the south of the country during October 7 almost a year ago.
Meanwhile, although the ground attack has reportedly been disrupted, Hezbollah continues to make as much use of its rocket arsenal as it can to retaliate against Israel and deter it from its own ground invasion.
During the night and morning hours (Saturday/Sunday), some 150 rockets, cruise missiles and drones were launched towards the State of Israel, most of them towards the north of the country.
The IDF aerial defense in all its layers prevented a significant hit to the rear with high rates of interception, aside from a few cases of direct hits and interception fragments in the rear.
A 17-year-old youth was killed in a severe car accident in northern Israel when the vehicle collided with a separation barrier. A 20-year-old passenger was moderately to severely injured in the same incident.
The accident occurred on Route 77 near the Yishi interchange towards Zarzir, in the Carmel region and it seems that it occured happened during a siren alert.
