Hezbollah leader says missile barrage on Israeli base 'has ended'
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said missile and drone strikes targeting a "base for military intelligence" near Tel Aviv, Israel, "has ended" for now.
Nasrallah said the strikes carried out Sunday constituted the first and second phases of Hezbollah's response to Israeli missile strikes in Lebanon. He said Hezbollah reserves the right to "respond" if it learns its strikes on Israel are not "sufficient."
Nasrallah said Hezbollah's missile and drone strikes targeted the Glilot military base near Tel Aviv, alleging it is a "base for military intelligence."
"It contains a large number of officers and soldiers and it manages many of the assassination operations that take place in the region, as well as the sedition and deception operations," Nasrallah alleged.
Hezbollah believes "a number of drones" reached their target. Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said most of the Hezbollah missiles and drones were intercepted and denied that the Glilot military base was hit.
Hagari also confirmed that the soldier who was killed in the Hezbollah missile strike was hit by a fragment of an Iron Dome interceptor.
Nasrallah said a total of 340 missiles were fired at the Glilot military base.
A "preemptive strike" by Israel failed to cause any significant damage, according to Nasrallah.
"What happened was aggression, not a preemptive action," Nasrallah said.
-ABC News Victoria Beaule