Iran Tried To Assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu In Hezbollah Drone Attack: Report

Iran tried to eliminate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli media outlet Channel 12 said in a post on social media site X on Saturday. The broadcaster said a senior government official confirmed the involvement of Tehran.

The developments came amid a drone targeted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence on Saturday, as Hezbollah launched a barrage of projectiles into Israel from its northern neighbour Lebanon.

Channel 12’s social media post is the first time the name of Tehran has come up following the attack on the Israeli PM’s residence by Hezbollah.

Netanyahu said he remains ‘undeterred’.

“Two days ago we took out Yahya Sinwar, the terrorist mastermind. We continue our battle. Nothing will deter me,” he said.

Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli premier and his wife were not in Caesarea during the drone attack and “there were no injuries”. Earlier the military said a drone fired from Lebanon had “hit a structure” in the central Israeli town, according to a report by news agency AFP.

“A UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) was launched toward the prime minister’s residence in Caesarea. The prime minister and his wife were not at the location, and there were no injuries in the incident,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.

A barrage of projectiles were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel on Saturday, with sirens blaring across northern Israel at regular intervals.

Israel is fighting a war against Hamas ally Hezbollah in Lebanon, with Israel sending ground troops across the Lebanese border last month.

On Friday, the Israeli military said it had destroyed Hezbollah’s regional command centre with an air strike.

Hezbollah said it fired a salvo of rockets at the Israeli city of Haifa and areas to its north.

The group later said it launched “a swarm of explosives-laden drones” at an “air missile defence base” east of the central Israeli city of Hadera.