Daily Update: Hezbollah Joins the War and the Opening of a Northern Front – Situation Overview as of March 4, 17:00 On March 2, Hezbollah officially joined the war and launched a wave of attacks toward northern Israel. Since the beginning of its involvement, it has carried out a total of 62 attack incidents against Israeli territory, including launches of rockets, missiles, and UAVs. Over the past 24 hours, Hezbollah carried out 38 attacks against Israel using UAVs, anti-tank missiles, rockets, and missiles. Hezbollah has expanded the range of its fire, and over the past day carried out three missile launch attacks toward the Tel Aviv area, in addition to attacks directed at communities along the confrontation line, the Galilee, and Haifa. So far, Hezbollah’s primary weapon has been UAVs. However, over the past day there has been a noticeable increase in the use of missile and rocket fire, which now constitutes the main weapon employed by Hezbollah. In addition, several simultaneous attacks were carried out from Lebanon by Hezbollah and from Iran (according to several reports, there may be attempts to coordinate the attacks between Iran and Hezbollah). On the first day that Hezbollah joined the war (March 2), 12 attack waves were recorded. On the second day, 15 attack waves were recorded. On the third day, a significant increase was observed and documented – 38 attack waves (as of 17:00). Damage to the civilian front in Israel: • While Hezbollah claims it is targeting military objectives, over the past 24 hours a hit on a residential home in a Galilee community was reported, causing extensive damage. • The current threat spans a broad civilian area from the Lebanese border to Tel Aviv, including the Galilee, Haifa Bay and the Krayot, the Jezreel Valley, and the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. Millions of Israeli civilians live in these areas.
