1. Over the past 24 hours, #Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for one attack against #Israel using suicide UAVs.
2. Additionally, a UAV was intercepted in the Jordan Valley this morning, which apparently crossed from Syrian territory. Responsibility for this event has not been claimed.
3. Yesterday (August 25), at around 4:30 AM, the IDF launched a preemptive strike aimed at thwarting a massive launch of missiles and rockets by Hezbollah toward northern and central Israel, in response to the assassination of Fuad Shakar in Beirut on July 30. Thousands of missiles loaded into launch tubes were positioned in southern Lebanon and more than 40 missile-loaded launching tubes were attacked by about 100 IDF fighter jets.
4. About an hour later, Hezbollah fired over 200 Grad rockets and around 20 suicide UAVs across northern Israel, most of them targeting civilian areas in the Western Galilee, Upper Galilee, and the Golan Heights, which are not evacuated. According to Hezbollah, the targets were 11 military bases in northern Israel, but in practice, many Israeli communities and civilian targets throughout northern Israel were hit. Attached is a video documenting the rocket launches toward Israel and a photo of the damage to a house in one of the communities in the Galilee (credit: unknown).
5. Additionally, the IDF strikes in Lebanon resulted in the death of an Amal movement operative in Khiam and two Hezbollah operatives in the At-Tiri area.
6. This morning (August 26), it was reported in Lebanon that there was an attack on a vehicle in Sidon, in which it is believed that Omar Kheiri, a senior Hamas figure, was present and apparently only sustained injuries from the attack.
